Konan Zaibatsu

Japanese: 湖南財閥 - こなんざいばつ

A Korean conglomerate. It was so named because it was developed by the Kim clan, a large landowner in Jeolla Province (also called Honam). In 1919, Kim Soong-soo established the Keiseong Spinning Company, which subsequently expanded into Central Commerce and Industry, Samyangsa (farm management), and Haedong Bank, before establishing the South Manchuria Spinning Company in 1938 and expanding into Manchuria. It grew to be the largest indigenous industrial capital in colonial Korea, but was financially controlled by Japanese capital. On the other hand, it is considered a typical example of the dual nature of ethnic capital, as can be seen in the fact that it also ran the East Asia Daily Newspaper and Bosung College (later Korea University), and became a base for right-wing nationalists.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

韓国の財閥。全羅道(湖南とも呼ぶ)の大地主金氏一族が育てたのでこの名がある。1919年金性洙によって京城紡織(株)が設立され，その後中央商工，三養社(農場経営)，海東銀行と次々に事業を拡張，38年には南満紡績(株)を設立して満州にも進出した。植民地下の朝鮮では最大の土着工業資本に成長したが，金融的には日本資本の支配を受けた。一方で，《東亜日報》，普成専門学校(後の高麗大学校)をも経営して民族主義右派の基盤になったことにみられるように，民族資本の二面性を表す典型とみなされている。

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