Daewoo Daewoo Daewoo (, literally "Great Woo", after the first name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-jung) or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean conglomerate and car manufacturer. It was founded on 22 March 1967 as "Daewoo Industrial" and was declared bankrupt on 1 November 1999. Prior to the Asian financial crisis, Daewoo was the second largest conglomerate in Korea after Hyundai Group, followed by LG Group and Samsung. There were about 20 divisions under the Daewoo Group, some of which survive today as independent companies. There were about 20 divisions in the Daewoo Group. Daewoo Group had under
Daewoo Electronics Entekhab group over funding uncertainties; Entekhab Group threatened to take legal actions in response. After years of trying, in January 2013, Dongbu Group (now known as DB Group) agreed to take over Daewoo Electronics for $270 million in order to attain synergies with DB families (Especially DB Inc., DB Hitek and Dongbu Steel). Daewoo Electronics became the family of DB Group by ending its workout status. In 2018, Dayou Group acquired Daewoo Electronics from DB Group. The Daewoo CPC-300 was a home computer based on the MSX standard, and produced by a Korean company Daewoo Electronics Co. Ltd. as one