On December 5, 2014, Korean Air Flight 086 was made to taxi back to the airport gate after it was already on the runway, preparing to take off from the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York. But what could’ve been so urgent that an aircraft had to turn back? Well, a first-class passenger wanted […]
How A Poor Taxi Driver Fought And Won Against Samsung, Changing The Way South Korea Sees Chaebols
In South Korea, the general public lives with the acceptance that chaebols (conglomerates) can get away with anything using money and influence. But in 2018, something happened that changed this perception. Samsung, the biggest conglomerate in South Korea, had to pay out around ₩15.3 billion KRW (about $ 11.6 million USD) to compensate the families of its deceased […]
