Jay Y. Lee, the billionaire heir to South Korea's Samsung Group, should find some comfort that its crown jewel Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has reported record profit every quarter since he was jailed in February, making him even richer. More »
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fought back tears and denied wrongdoing on Monday as prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include bribing the former president to help cement control of the South Korean tech giant. More »
South Korean police on Monday raided a management office for residences of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and his family over alleged misappropriation of company funds used to pay for interior renovations, they said. More »
Kwon Oh-Hyun, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting at the Seocho office building in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/SeongJoon Cho/Pool Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (00593... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files A South Korean court said on Friday it has reassigned Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee’s bribery trial to an... More »
Protesters supporting South Korean President Park Geun-hye clash with riot policemen near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea. Kyodo/via REUTERS South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft sc... More »
Short Track – Asian Winter Games – Women’s 1000 m – Makomanai, Sapporo, Japan 22/02/17 – South Korea’s Shim Suk-hee (L) and South Korea’s Choi Min-jeong (R) in action during final. Picture taken on February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon South Korea invested... More »
Director Ildiko Enyedi receives the Golden Bear for Best Film ‘On Body and Soul’ during the awards ceremony at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt A Hungarian love story called “On Body and... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2017. Picture taken on February 16, 2017. Shin Wong-soo/News1 via REUTERS Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday over his alleged role i... More »
People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2017. Lim Se-young/News1 via REUTERS The mysteriou... More »
Kim Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 11, 2007. Picture taken February 11, 2007. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS min Park and A. Ananthalakshmi More »
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, ... More »
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee arrives to attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park and Se Young Lee More »
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, ... More »
Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving Park, attends her first court hearing in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Korea Pool/via REUTERS A friend of So... More »
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) will consider splitting itself into two as proposed by U.S. activist hedge fund... More »
