Kim Bom-suk, the chairman of the board of Coupang Inc., poses exterior the New York Inventory Alternate forward of the e-commerce firm’s IPO on March 11, 2021. (courtesy of the NYSE; AP/Yonhap)
Kim Bom-suk, the founding father of Korean e-commerce big Coupang who at present serves because the chairman of the board for its US-based guardian firm, Coupang Inc., is not going to attend a Nationwide Meeting listening to on his agency’s huge knowledge leak scheduled for Wednesday.
Two former CEOs of Coupang’s Korean enterprise, Park Dae-jun and Kang Han‑seung, additionally informed lawmakers they might not attend the listening to after being summoned.
Kim, who goes by Bom Kim within the US, and different key Coupang executives on Sunday submitted notices to the Nationwide Meeting’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee explaining why they won’t be attending Wednesday’s listening to.
“Because the CEO of a worldwide agency that operates in over 170 international locations, I’ve many official enterprise engagements and subsequently sadly can’t attend the listening to,” Kim wrote in his discover.
In his notification to lawmakers, Park defined that he had resigned as CEO on Dec. 10, including he is not going to be attending for causes of poor well being.
Kang defined to lawmakers that he had resigned from the place of CEO this previous Might. Since then, he’s been head of enterprise improvement in North America, and is at present residing within the US. He stated that because it’s been over six months since his resignation, he is aware of nothing concerning the latest knowledge leak.
With Kim refusing to look for a listening to, the Nationwide Meeting is predicted to assessment submitting a report and different authorized measures. The Nationwide Meeting’s science and ICT committee held a common assembly on Dec. 9 and agreed to carry a listening to on Dec. 17. If Kim fails to attend with out offering an satisfactory purpose, the committee has indicated that it’s going to report him to authorities and even assessment authorized measures to subpoena him.
Rep. Choi Min-hee, the chairperson of the Nationwide Meeting’s science and ICT committee, posted about Kim’s notification to the committee, saying it cited “irresponsible causes that we can’t settle for.”
“The committee doesn’t settle for his discover, and I’ll talk about with committee members correct measures to carry him accountable,” she added.
By Website positioning Hye-mi, workers reporter
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