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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea’s top court upholds acquittal of Samsung’s Lee over contentious 2015 merger

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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is questioned by a reporter upon arrival at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday requested a nine-year prison term for Samsung’s de facto chief, Lee, during a retrial of his bribery charges. The case is a key element in an explosive 2016 scandal that triggered months of public protests and toppled the country’s president. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Prosecutors seek 9-year prison term for Samsung chief Lee

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 8, 2020 file photo, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. As Samsung Electronics mourns the death of its long-time chairman, Lee Kun-Hee, questions loom over what's next for South Korea's biggest company. Samsung has struggled for years to diversify from its core hardware business to tap new technologies and services. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung reports record sales amid questions about future

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 6, 2011, file photo, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, right, greets people from the South Korean delegation in Durban, South Africa, for the 123rd International Olympic Committee (IOC) session that will decide the host city for the 2018 Olympics Winter Games. Lee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker into a global giant of consumer electronics, has died, a Samsung statement said Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. He was 78. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

Lee Kun-Hee, force behind Samsung’s rise, dies at 78

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2008 file photo, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee arrives for his trial at the Seoul Court House in Seoul, South Korea. Lee was hospitalized in stable condition at a Seoul hospital Sunday, May 11, 2014, after suffering a heart attack, the company said in a statement. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

Samsung chairman hospitalized after heart attack

By Jung-yoon Choi - Associated Press

Samsung chairman keeps fortune in inheritance case

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

SKorea court to rule on Samsung inheritance battle

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Samsung family in public spat over inheritance

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Among the South Korean executives who have be involved in corrupt business practices are Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-Koo (center). Mr. Chung was found guilty of embezzlement, but a court suspended his sentence because he was deemed "too important to serve time." (Associated Press)

Legacy of corruption still exists in South Korea

By Kelly Olsen - Associated Press

A woman walks by a sign advertising Samsung's mobile phone Galaxy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Samsung Electronics said Thursday that sales rose during the first quarter though operating profit declined sharply, as buoyancy in semiconductors was offset by weakness in its liquid crystal display business and a tough pricing environment for its flagship tablet device.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Samsung chairman says son to be promoted

By KELLY OLSEN - Associated Press