[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Recently, APR and KT&G have been attracting investor attention on the KOSPI market, hitting record highs. Both companies share a commonality: strong earnings in the second quarter of 2025 and policies to enhance shareholder value, which have driven their stock price increases. APL recorded consolidated sales of KRW 327.7 billion and operating profit of KRW 84.6 billion in the second quarter, representing growth rates of 111% and 202%, respectively, compared to the same period last year. The operating profit margin reached 25.8%, significantly exceeding ma
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] An unprecedented situation has unfolded: Chairman Cho Hyun-beom of Hankook Tire & Technology has been arrested again. This marks the second time the owner of Korea's leading tire group has been sentenced to prison, having previously been sentenced in 2019 and again in May 2025. This ruling has gone down in history as a representative example that quantitatively and qualitatively demonstrates the "total failure" of the Korean conglomerate system and the chronic vulnerabilities of the country's corporate governance structure. This incident is considered a s