Asiana Airlines CEO steps down after accounting fiasco

Kumho Engineering & Construction

28/03/2019 04:43

SEOUL, March 28 (Reuters) - Asiana Airlines'  020560.KS  CEO
Park Sam-koo said on Thursday he is stepping down from the post
to take responsibility for  the fiasco over its 2018 financial
statements. 
    The Korea Exchange had suspended trading in shares of
Asiana, South Korea's second-biggest carrier and part of the
Kumho Asiana Group conglomerate, on Friday after an auditor
declined to sign off on the financial statements.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2190MZ

 (Reporting by Joori Roh, Cynthia Kim; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)
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