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Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee is a free man after receiving a suspended sentence. Seoul High Court sentenced Lee to 2 1/2 years on charges including bribery and embezzlement. The case led to impeachment ...

A South Korean appeals court on Monday suspended a jail sentence handed down to Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, setting him free after a year's detention amid a corruption scandal that brought down ...

Mr Cho Jung-ho's rise to South Korea’s uber rich list stands out in country where inherited fortune largely defines wealth.

Most market analysts believe Lee’s shares will be distributed in a way that would strengthen the leadership of his only son and corporate heir, Lee Jae-yong, the de facto chief of Samsung ...

South Korean prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for the heir to Samsung, the country’s biggest business empire, Monday on bribery and embezzlement allegations. The WSJ takes a look at who Lee ...

Samsung Group vice chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul Central District Court, on Feb. 16. Credit: KIM HEE-CHUL/EPA/REX/Shutterstock Maybe this was inevitable ...

Meritz Financial Group chairman Cho Jung-ho is now in second spot with a net worth of US$8.5 billion. The company’s market ...

SEOUL (AFP): South Korean prosecutors indicted the heir to the Samsung empire Tuesday (Sept 1) over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step towards his succession ...

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul Friday to ...