By Kim Jae-won
Recently, two leading figures in the banking industry used poems to express their feelings during meetings with reporters but they received contrasting receptions.
The first was Kang Man-soo, the new chairman of the state-run KDB Financial, while the other was Lee Chong-hwi, who has left Woori Bank to lead the Credit Counseling and Recovery Service, a fund aimed at helping to restore the credit-worthiness of delinquent credit holders.
When reporters trooped into the basement cafeteria at KDB last Tuesday, they found a copy of Kang’s poem placed on each seat. Then, without a warning, a female KDB employee read the poem aloud.