When Hyundai Motor Group announced plans in 2022 to invest $21 billion in the United States through 2030, the move was widely interpreted as a strategic masterstroke. The South Korean automaker would build electric vehicle and battery manufacturing capacity in Georgia, positioning itself to capture incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act while deepening its foothold…
The corporate governance movement in South Korea has reached an inflection point. After years of incremental pressure, scattered proxy fights, and periodic flare-ups of shareholder activism that fizzled before producing structural change, the reform movement now has institutional weight, legal tailwinds, and a level of public legitimacy that makes it difficult to dismiss. Korean corporate…
China’s evolving data governance regime has entered a new and more consequential phase. A revised set of cross-border data transfer regulations, finalized in March 2026 by the Cyberspace Administration of China, imposes stricter requirements on how companies move personal data and operationally sensitive information out of mainland China. The updated rules expand the categories of…
