Lotte chairman offers to resign from holding company - YTN

Lotte

21/02/2018 24:20

SEOUL, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The head of South Korea's Lotte 
Holdings has offered to quit as chairman at its Japan-based 
holding firm, following his arrest for bribery earlier this 
month, a cable news network YTN said on Wednesday.  
    Lotte Holdings, which controls a sprawling corporate empire, 
plans to hold a board meeting later Wednesday and discuss 
Chairman Shin Dong-bin's situation, YTN reported. 
     
 
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Keywords: LOTTE CHAIRMAN/