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Hyundai boss receives pardon from South Korean president

In South Korea, economics trumps justice. Chung Mong-koo, the head of Hyundai who recently received a suspended sentence for embezzling and bribes has -- along with 341,000 other businessmen, bureaucrats, and politicians -- been given a full pardon. President Lee Myung-bak, who said he was "personally against" the decision, decided to issue the pardons anyway. Mong-koo wasn't even in jail, but apparently the convicted and jailed businessmen were "having problems doing business overseas." Go figure. So on Liberation Day, in hopes that ... Read more →

Crooked Hyundai chief gets no jail time from Korean high court Chris Shunk

South Korea is working hard to crack down on corruption in its business sector, but the example-setting won't begin with Hyundai boss Chung Mong-koo. A Korean court gave Chung a three-year ...

Hyundai chairman receives suspended sentence Jonathon Ramsey

Chung Mong-koo, the man who turned Hyundai around after the Southeast Asian financial meltdown in 1997, has been given a 3-year suspended sentence by an appeals court for embezzlement and breach of ...

Give 'till it hurts: Hyundai Chairman will give $1.1 billion in charitable donations Erin Mays

In an effort to clean up his reputation after a court came down on him with an embezzlement conviction last February, Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo has vowed to give $1.1 billion of his ...

Hyundai Chairman sentenced to 3 years in jail John Neff

Most consumers and car enthusiasts in the U.S. have had no idea that the turmoil atop Hyundai's executive ladder had gotten this bad. Today, the chairman of Hyundai Motor, Chung Mong-koo, 68, was ...

Hyundai chief springs from the slammer! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-koo put up bail to the tune of $1 million last week to be freed from jail after being imprisoned for two months on corruption charges that involved using company funds for personal and political use. The 68-year-old executive, who showed up to court appearances in a wheel ...

Hyundai chair hopes to make bail 3 years ago on Autoblog

Hyundai Motor Co. chair Chung Mong-koo is looking to post bail. The Korean auto executive, currently incarcerated on embezzlement charges, appealed to the Seoul District Court on Friday to release him on bond. Interestingly, a petition has been circulating among the Korean auto industry for the ...

Will growing corporate scandal derail Hyundai's future? 3 years ago on Autoblog

With Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-koo (right) arrested and jailed Friday for alleged embezzlement and political slush funds in South Korea, the question is: Will the automaker continue to grow at a breakneck pace, or will mounting legal troubles conspire to take it down a peg or two? The Hyundai ...

Prosecutors looking to arrest Hyundai chief in bribery scandal 3 years ago on Autoblog

Prosecuting attorneys in South Korea have requested an arrest warrant for Chairman Chung Mong-Koo of the Hyundai Motor Group. The paperwork is being sought on charges that the executive embezzled $106 million via slush funds, using some of the ill-gotten gains to graft government officials, among ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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