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South Korea to pardon Samsung's Lee, other corporate giants
Read full article: South Korea to pardon Samsung's Lee, other corporate giantsSamsungโs de-facto leader has secured a pardon of his conviction for bribing a former president in a corruption scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.
SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery
Read full article: SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over briberySamsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. South Korean court sentences Lee to 2 and a half years in prison over corruption case. Samsung didnโt issue a statement over the ruling. Lee Jae-yong helms the Samsung group in his capacity as vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, one of the worldโs largest makers of computer chips and smartphones. It isnโt immediately clear what his prison term would mean for Samsung.
S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park
Read full article: S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president ParkFILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, arrives to attend a hearing on the extension of her detention at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreas top court upheld 20-year prison term for Park over corruption on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. But the finalizing of her prison term also makes her eligible for a special presidential pardon, a looming possibility as the countryโs deeply split electorate approaches the next presidential election in March 2022. Park originally faced a prison term of more than 30 years before the Supreme Court sent her cases back to a lower court in 2019. Prosecutors appealed after the Seoul High Court handed Park a 20-year term in July last year after merging the two cases.