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Lee Jae-yong
Prosecutors seek 5 years for Samsung chief for alleged stock manipulation
...In 2017, the tycoon was convicted of bribing then-South Korean president Park Geun-hye in a separate case relating to the same merger....
November 17, 2023
Travel
Bed and breakfast with the Buddha
...“Our programme is an antidote to tiredness and busy lives,” says Hye Won, one of two nuns and 18 monks at Jogyesa. “It’s about taking the slow lane and finding stillness of the mind.”...
September 15, 2023
FT Live
TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web
Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments
Thursday, 20 JuneAmsterdam, Netherlands
South Korea Politics & Policy
South Korea’s former president Lee Myung-bak to be pardoned
...His successor Park Geun-hye, who was imprisoned for a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment in 2017, was pardoned in late 2021 by Yoon’s liberal predecessor Moon Jae-in....
December 27, 2022
Samsung Group
US companies lobby South Korea to free jailed Samsung boss
...In 2015, Chey Tae-won, head of SK Group, South Korea’s third-biggest company, was pardoned by Park. However, the issue of pardons deeply divide South Koreans....
May 20, 2021
Foreign investment in US
Georgia wins top EV contracts thanks to long South Korea courtship
...The Hyundai deal could spur even more investment, according to Hye Min Kang, an investment specialist at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra), which opened an office in Atlanta this year....
October 6, 2022
Inside BusinessChristian Davies
K-pop’s big corporate showdown boosts Korean activists
...Changhwan Lee’s Align Partners fund won support from other investors to impose a new independent auditor for the company on a reluctant board that included several of Soo-man Lee’s relatives, childhood friends...
May 3, 2022
FT Live
Moral Money Summit Asia
Strategies for greener, fairer capitalism
Wednesday, 4 SeptemberSingapore
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
South Korea’s museum boom is making up for lost time
...Support for fostering cultural infrastructure comes right from the top: in 2022, Korea’s culture ministry secured an unprecedented 7tn Korean won ($5.6bn) for its annual budget....
May 19, 2022
South Korea Politics & Policy
Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol elected South Korean president
...As a prosecutor, Yoon was instrumental in the imprisonment of former conservative President Park Geun-hye in 2018 on bribery and corruption charges....
March 9, 2022
South Korea Politics & Policy
South Korea’s ‘Bernie Sanders’ touts universal basic income ahead of polls
...Lee Jae-myung, who won the ruling party’s primary race this weekend, has vowed to progressively roll out the policy over his five-year term if he wins the presidential election in March, potentially making...
October 12, 2021
Watches & Jewellery
South Korean jewellers fight for international recognition
...Korean actors such as Han Ye-seul, Shin Se-kyung, Shin Min-a and Song Hye-Kyo help promote homegrown brands, she notes....
October 1, 2021
South Korea Politics & Policy
South Korea’s ex-top prosecutor launches bid for presidency
...Yoon, who led a sweeping probe into former president Park Geun-hye’s corruption scandal in 2016, won popularity among conservatives with his investigations into Moon’s political aides and government officials...
June 29, 2021
Sarah O'Connor
We should not be too sanguine about a shrinking population
...Erin Hye-Won Kim, assistant professor at the University of Seoul, says the same system that powered the economy’s rapid development has put society under stress: “Working long and working late became virtuous...
August 3, 2021
#techFT
China’s biggest tech losers
...Lee was granted parole on Monday, eight months after he was sent back to jail for bribing former president Park Geun-hye to help secure control of Samsung Electronics. 3....
August 9, 2021
South Korea Politics & Policy
South Korea by-elections cast doubt on outreach to Pyongyang
...They have mostly languished since the downfall of Park Geun-hye, the president who was ousted from office and imprisoned over corruption....
April 8, 2021
Samsung Group
Shares in Samsung companies jump after chairman’s death
...“Selling their stakes without losing control won’t be easy because of the intertwined nature of their ownership structure.”...
October 26, 2020
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
The Big Read
Samsung’s biggest challenge: ‘The Lee family has to reform’
...Of course, it will be more inconvenient, but being in jail won’t make a big difference.”...
February 7, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Samsung heir’s top aide questioned over suspected cover-up
...Lee Jae-yong is awaiting a final verdict from South Korea’s Supreme Court on charges of bribing former president Park Geun-hye. Mr Lee has denied any wrongdoing....
June 11, 2019
South Korea Politics & Policy
Elliott’s $718m claim against South Korea poses risk for Moon
...claims relate to the political and business scandal that gripped South Korea after erupting in 2016 and sparked a series of trials that led to prison sentences handed down to former president Park Geun-hye...
May 3, 2019
News in-depthAsia-Pacific equities
Korea anxiety: why stock prices continue to languish
...Barely a year has passed since Park Geun-hye, the former president of South Korea, was sentenced to more than 20 years behind bars after a corruption scandal that claimed the scalps of some of the country...
May 16, 2019
News in-depthThe Big Read
Divided by history: why Japan-South Korea ties have soured
...Kim later won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work of reconciliation with North Korea and other neighbours....
October 24, 2019
South Korea Society
Korean #MeToo spurs jump in reports of domestic violence
...“The murder case touched off a fervent backlash against the gender inequality that is deeply rooted in our society, including in the workplace and daily life,” said Cheong Hye-won, a researcher at the Family...
November 5, 2018
Technology sector
Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong freed from jail by appeals court
...The appeals court said Samsung had not sought any favours from then-South Korean president Park Geun-hye....
February 5, 2018
News in-depthSport
South Korea’s Winter Olympics risk skidding off-piste
...“This is something that can show off what Korea is,” says Lee Ji-hye, a spokesperson for the organising committee....
November 18, 2017
World
South Korea spy agency admits trying to fix election
...A court sentenced Won to three years in prison in 2015 for his role in the campaign....
August 4, 2017
News in-depthCorporate governance
Korean Air targeted by public and prosecutors over scandals
...Discontent with the conglomerates is at a high following a huge cronyism scandal last year that ensnared then president Park Geun-hye and some of the country’s biggest companies, including Samsung and Lotte...
May 29, 2018

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