Hyundai and Daewoo are the only top chaebol that are still run by the mercurial tycoons who founded them.

ECONOMIST: South Korea

Hyundai and Daewoo have deliberately priced their new models between the 800 and the Zen, which came out with a diesel version last week.

CNN: INDIA'S CAR WARS

Government sources say Daewoo doubted that there was a domestic market for Samsung's mid-sized cars given that Hyundai, Kia and Daewoo each had established models.

CNN: THE BIG DEAL THAT FAILED

He has tied up with Korean giants Daewoo to make color TVs and Hyundai for escalators.

CNN: Recasting the Mind

Indirectly, through the banks, the government owns some truly big companies, such as Daewoo, Ssangyong and, soon, Hyundai: it has these holdings because the banks swapped the firms' debt for equity.

ECONOMIST: Micro-meddler

Hyundai and other conglomerates have managed to stall for time--Daewoo's debts were too big.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | South Korea: Overworked