SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2004
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Kookmin Bank
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
9-1, 2-Ga, Namdaemun-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea 100-703
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(Address of principal executive office)
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Form 20-F X Form 40-F _____
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Yes _____ No X
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Reorganization of Headquarters and
New Assignments of Executive Vice Presidents
Kookmin Bank announced its headquarters reorganization of which details are as
follows:
Reorganization of Headquarters
Kookmin Bank reorganized its headquarters from 4 Divisions and 8 Business Units
to 9 Groups and 4 Divisions. Those are:
. Retail Banking Group (incl. CS/On-line Channel Division)
. Corporate Banking Group (incl. Corporate Finance Division)
. Credit Card Group
. PB/Asset Management Group
. Trust/NHF Management Group
. Work-Out & Operations Group
. IT Services Group
. Risk Management Group and
. Finance, Strategy & HR Group (incl. HR Division)
. Treasury Division
New Assignments of Executive Vice Presidents
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Name Group
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Jong-Kyoo Yoon Retail Banking Group
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Jung-Lak Lee Corporate Banking Group Newly appointed
Former head of Strategic
Planning Team
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Sang-Jin Lee Credit Card Group Newly appointed
Former vice president of Credit
Card Division
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Yun-Keun Jung PB/ Asset Management Group Newly appointed
Former head of Dae-gu
regional head office
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Woo-Jung Lee Trust/ NHF Management Group
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Sung-Kyu Lee Work-out & Operations Group
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Young-II Kim IT Services Group
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Donald H. MacKenzie Risk Management Group
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Ki-Sup Shin Finance/ Strategy / HR Group
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* Effective as of February 2, 2004
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Kookmin Bank
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(Registrant)
Date: January 30, 2004 By: /s/ Jong-Kyoo Yoon
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(Signature)
Name: Jong-Kyoo Yoon
Title: Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
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