Korea: Hanwha Chemical Corporation

Life after the crisis: Asia moves on

Life after the crisis: Asia moves on

Indonesia: Sampoerna

Indonesia: Astra International

Thailand: Total Access Communications

The restructuring of the Hanwha Group has been the most dramatic in Korea following the Asian crisis. It has also been one of the most needed. “The top four chaebols, except Daewoo, have done a lot in terms of restructuring. But with Hanwha there was almost actual bankruptcy and the debt to equity ratio was over 1000%,” says Terence Lim, an analyst at Merrill Lynch in Korea.

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