"Seungjin's party." There's no..."Survival" selected year-end greetings.

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Until the recession and the launch of the second Trump administration, the harsh economic conditions were also reflected in the year-end personnel of companies this year.

Instead of a large-scale promotion party, he created a survival strategy and weighed in on a breakthrough in the crisis.

Reporter Choi Ah-young reports.

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Samsung Electronics gave a boost to the head of the 'technology expert' semiconductor in its personnel appointments at the end of this year.

He appointed Vice Chairman Jeon Young-hyun as the CEO and entrusted the memory business department and Samsung Institute of Technology.

With this, it was restored to a two-person CEO system with Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee, who is in charge of smartphones and home appliances.

The foundry division, which puts a burden on semiconductor performance with a deficit of trillions of won, has appointed Han Jin-man, vice president of the Americas, as the head coach.

Lotte, which is embroiled in rumors of a crisis, replaced 21 CEOs at once and made the largest personnel reshuffle ever, with 22% of its executives retiring.

[Kim Jong-woo / Senior Secretary, Lotte Holdings Public Relations Team: Reflected his firm commitment to fundamentally innovate the management constitution and accelerate restructuring through high-intensity renovation amid the turbulent business environment at home and abroad.]

LG Group has hired artificial intelligence, bio, and environmental technology, which are future foods, and so-called "ABC" talents, but the number of promotions has decreased by 18 from last year.

Hyundai Motor is preparing for the uncertain U.S. market by appointing its first foreign CEO and recruiting former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim as its president.

The year-end greetings of major companies this year are simply 'surviving'.

The big trend is that promotions have been minimized and technical talent and U.S. experts have been forward deployed.

[Park Joo-geun / CEO of Leaders Index: The recent global economic uncertainty and the combination of Trump's 2nd administration have worsened the foreign export environment....]

Another characteristic of this year's end-of-year personnel affairs is that we will hurry to make a breakthrough in the crisis through early personnel appointments.

I'm YTN's Choi Ayoung.