Shares rally more than 6% as South Korean carmaker’s heir-apparent reshuffles management

Stock exchange to monitor company’s efforts to boost management transparency for 3 years

Conglomerate doubles down on hydrogen systems, having lagged behind on electric cars

Talks break down between carmaker and city government of Gwangju

Campaigners say earlier action by tech giant could have saved lives

Protesters call for curbs on conglomerates 2 years after ex-president Park’s impeachment

South Korean company to offer compensation to semiconductor and display plant employees

Seoul hopes technological innovation will offset lower cost vessels offered by Chinese rivals

Vision Fund infusion aims to cement market leadership by bolstering tech and logistics

Digital assistant Bixby to be standard on all of company’s electronics products by 2020

High-growth drugs unit represented group’s best effort to diversify out of electronics

Pressure mounts on administration of Moon Jae-in to kick-start growth

Car-booking company aims to raise more than $3bn by the end of the year

Tokyo move over support for shipbuilders is latest row between fractious neighbours

Reform programme aims to loosen regulations and ease access to financing

Third-quarter result may prove a peak as clouds gather over chip business

Move echoes other Asia efforts and comes as benchmark index faces worst month in a decade

Analysts criticise carmaker’s slow response to demand in US and China

Five-year revival plan comes after group was forced to shut China supermarkets chain

Chaebol sound positive about entering Pyongyang but harbour private concerns

Purchase of Zhilabs is part of a 3-year $22bn investment drive into new technologies

Swiss elevator maker seeks more than $300m in compensation for ‘damaging’ deals

Fourth former leader imprisoned as Moon regime cracks down on graft and cronyism