What is "daewoo"

Daewoo ("Dae" Hangul: 대. Korean for "Great" and "Woo" Hangul: 우. Korean the first name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-jung) or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean chaebol (conglomerate).

It was founded on 22 March 1967 as Daewoo Industrial and was dismantled by the Korean government in 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.

Daewoo is the Korean word for "Great Universe" and may refer to:

• Daewoo, a former South Korean conglomerate ( chaebol) containing the following divisions:
  • Daewoo Motors
    • Daewoo Automotive Components Co. Ltd.
    • Daewoo Bus Co., Ltd.
    • Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd.
    • Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle
  • Daewoo Motor Sales
    • GM Daewoo
    • Architectural Iaan Div.
    • SAA-Seoul Auto Auction
  • Daewoo Electronics
    • Daewoo Electronic Components Co. Ltd.
    • Daewoo Electric Motor Industries Ltd.
    • Orion Electric Co. Ltd.
  • Daewoo Precision Industries
    • S&T Daewoo Co. Ltd.
  • Daewoo Textile Co. Ltd.
  • Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI)
  • Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
  • Daewoo Securities
  • Daewoo Telecom Ltd.
    • Daewoo Information Systems Co. Ltd.
  • Daewoo Corporation
    • Daewoo Construction
    • Keangnam Enterprises
  • Daewoo International
  • Daewoo Development Co. Ltd.
    • Daewoo Hotels
  • Institute for Advanced Engineering

• Automobile Craiova, also known as Daewoo Automobile Romania
• UzDaewooAvto, also known as Daewoo Automobile in Uzbekistan
• Daewoo Express or Sammi Daewoo Express is an inter-city common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 30 destinations in Pakistan.