TY - BOOK ED - International Monetary Fund. TI - Korea: Selected Issues T2 - IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report SN - 1451822111 : SN - 1934-7685 PY - 1998/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Bank Loans KW - imf KW - Banking KW - Bankrupt KW - Corporate Governance KW - Shareholders KW - Korea, Republic of N2 - This Selected Issues paper analyzes corporate restructuring and corporate governance in the Republic of Korea. The paper describes the chaebols and their role in the economy. It reviews the government's role in shaping and regulating the chaebols, explains factors that have encouraged debt over equity finance, and describes the key elements in corporate governance. Weaknesses in the Korean corporate governance system are described. The paper also discusses the reforms to strengthen the Korean corporate governance system and to promote corporate restructuring UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF002/15252-9781451822113/15252-9781451822113/15252-9781451822113.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451822113 ER -