Shipbuilder Daewoo faces breakup calls after 22 years with no buyers

Money-losing South Korean group could be sold off as separate defense, civilian operations

20220819N Daewoo Shipbuilding dockyard

Daewoo, the world's third-largest shipbuilder, has essentially been under South Korean government control since 2000. (Photo courtesy of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- After multiple failed attempts to find a buyer for over two decades, talk of breaking up South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering into two groups has emerged.

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