Public Attention to Rumor About Planned Resignation of KWA chairman

The industry is being unsettled by a rumor that Korea Wholesale Association (KWA) Chairman Lee Hee-Ku would step down. Mr. Lee had gone on a hunger strike for eight days which began on July 25 in an effort to unify the industry and abolish the exclusive supply of Julic and Handok Pharmaceuticals.

Mr. Lee had issued a call several times during his hunger strike for the officers in charge to ...