Desk column: Time-honored chaebol system draws wide attention
Instead of his bed-ridden father, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is practically leading the country’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group.
And people would have believed that his 20-year-old only son would eventually take...
Lack of evidence prompts police to wrap up investigation
Police said last week that they had wrapped up a probe into allegations that Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin illegally took an addictive drug called propofol, due to lack of evidence.
The...
The Seoul Central District Court postpones the date to April 17
The ruling on former DB Group Chairman Kim Jun-ki was delayed to April 17. Late last year, the 75-year-old tycoon is arrested for charges over alleged sexual assaults.
The Seoul...
A Seoul court rejects request for an arrest warrant
A son of Chong Kun Dang Chairman Rhee Jang-han was arrested on charges of filming sex videos, according to the police on April 2. Chong Kun Dang is one of the...
Officials remain silent about whether to book Samsung heiress
The police strive to finish the probes over Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, who was questioned this month for her alleged use of an addictive drug called propofol.
An official at the...
Samsung heiress investigated for suspected drug use
It took a full year for the police to summon Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin to look into the suspicions that she took an addictive drug for non-medical purposes a few years ago.
The...
Tycoon rebuffs rumors on another girlfriend
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won is expected to bring a famous YouTuber to the court as the latter hinted that the 59-year-old tycoon has another girlfriend.
On February 18, One Law Partners rebuffed that the...
Samsung heir faces drug abuse probe
On early January 19, 2017, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was waiting for the court decision all night at a detention center near Seoul.
Back then, he was ensnared in a bribery scandal involving...
Investigation for Hotel Shilla CEO's drug use continues almost a year
If ordinary people are suspected of having taken an addictive drug for non-medical purposes in South Korea, they would be instantly summoned to the police.
That might not be...
Chairman Cho may have to face proxy war: watchers
Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae might have to struggle to maintain his leadership over Korea’s 13th-largest conglomerate in the face of challenges from major shareholders, including his own family.
Chairman Cho reportedly...
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