Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

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[SEOUL] Lee Kun-hee, the charismatic leader of Samsung Group, South Korea's biggest conglomerate, died on Sunday, the company said, six years he was hospitalised for a heart attack. Read more at The Business Times.

The younger Lee served jail time in his role in a bribery scandal that triggered the impeachment of then-President Park Geun-hye. He is facing a retrial over the case, and a separate trial on charges of accounting fraud and stock price manipulation kicked off this week.

Samsung Life is the biggest shareholder of the group's crown jewel Samsung Electronics, and Lee owns 20.76 per cent of the insurance firm.

 

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