Asia's best managed companies: South Korea and Taiwan

For our 10th annual poll of Asia's top companies we have collected votes from more than 300 investors and analysts across the region. The results will be published country-by-country during the course of this week. On Friday we will also reveal which companies are viewed to be the best managed in the region in 10 key sectors.

South Korea

Best Managed Company	Votes
1) Posco	45
2) Samsung Electronics	26
3) LG Household & Health Care	21
4) KT Corp	18
5) LG Corp	16
6) LG Chemical	12
7) KT&G	9
8) Yuhan Corp	8
9) S&T Holdings	5
9) Shinsegae Food	5

Best Corporate Governance	Votes
1) Posco	30
2) Samsung Electronics	21
3) KT&G	18
4) LG Corp	15
5) KT Corp	14
5) LG Household & Health Care	14
7) Korean Air	12
8) Korea Investment Holdings	9
8) Daegu Bank	9
10) Yuhan Corp	5

Best Investor Relations	Votes
1) Posco	36
2) Samsung Electronics	35
3) LG Household & Health Care	30
4) Lotte Shopping	12
5) Shinhan Financial Group	9
5) NHN Corp	9
7) SK Broadband	8
7) LG Corp	8
7) Modetour Network	8

Best Corporate Social Responsibility	Votes
1) Samsung Electronics	31
2) Posco	26
2) KT Corp	20
4) KT&G	16
5) S&T Holdings	12
6) LG Household & Health Care	8
7) Lotte Shopping	5

Most Committed to a Strong Dividend Policy	Votes
1) KT Corp	35
2) KT&G	29
3) Samsung Electronics	26
4) Posco	15
5) S-Oil Corp	14
6) SK Telecom	9
7) KB Financial Group	5

Best Mid-Cap	Votes
1) Orion Corp	24
2) Huchems Fine Chemical Corp	17
3) Amorepacific Corp	12
4) LG Household & Health Care	9

Best Small-Cap	Votes
1) Shinsegae Food	14
2) Modetour Network	12

Best CEO	Votes
1) Yoon-Woo Lee (Samsung Electronics)	12
2) Jun Yang Jung (Posco)	11

Best CFO	Votes
1) Seok Je Cho (LG Chemical)	9

Taiwan

Best Managed Company	Votes
1) TSMC	47
2) MediaTek	27
3) Fubon FHC	20
4) HTC Corp	18
5) Chunghwa Telecom	14
6) Chroma Ate	12
7) Powertech Technology	8
8) AU Optronics Corp	5

Best Corporate Governance	Votes
1) TSMC	62
2) Chunghwa Telecom	22
3) HTC Corp	20
4) Fubon FHC	16
5) MediaTek	14
6) Chroma Ate	8
7) Powertech Technology	5
7) Advanced Semiconductor Engineering	5

Best Investor Relations	Votes
1) TSMC	51
2) HTC Corp	22
3) Chroma Ate	20
4) Fubon FHC	14
5) AU Optronics Corp	10
6) MediaTek	12
7) Powertech Technology	8

Best Corporate Social Responsibility	Votes
1) TSMC	55
2) Chunghwa Telecom	25
3) Fubon FHC	20
4) MediaTek	8

Most Committed to a Strong Dividend Policy	Votes
1) TSMC	60
2) Chroma Ate	27
3) HTC Corp	24
3) MediaTek	24
5) Chunghwa Telecom	18
6) Fubon FHC	12
7) Powertech Technology	8

Best Mid-Cap	Votes
1) Chroma Ate	21
2) Realtek Semiconductor Corp	10

Best Small-Cap	Votes
1) Mirle Automation	12

Best CEO	Votes
1) Rick Tsai (TSMC)*	24
2) Ming-Kai Tsai (MediaTek)	12

Best CFO	Votes
1) Lora Ho (TSMC)	24

*Rick Tsai became president of TSMC in June 2009 when Morris Chang took over as CEO, although investors clearly still view Tsai as the person running the business.