Korean slang profile
분사
bunsa
Employee-led business spin-off
The separation of an existing business or company into an independent company by its executives or employees.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Oct 27, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
그 칼럼은 대기업에서 분사한 전문업체의 사례를 소개했다.
The column introduced a specialist company spun off from a large corporation through 분사.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
An 전자신문 column dated October 27, 1998 explains 분사 as dividing a business or company through its executives or employees. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The independent spelling and direct explanation in one column of the time were read. The checked publication date does not mean coinage or first popularity, and the extent of popular spread was not verified. Unlike 구조조정, which broadly means changing corporate structures, this follows the original’s scope of division and independence.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- <웨이브> 분사 (전자신문)Published Oct 27, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026