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...Lee, the grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul, was also accused of orchestrating a $3.9bn accounting fraud at the group’s biopharmaceutical unit in 2015....
...Seoul has also recognised the importance of satellite communications, said Brigadier General Kim Hong-chul of South Korea’s Joint Forces Military University, citing the example of the war in Ukraine....
...Lee Ju-yeol, the Bank of Korea governor, said in February that cryptocurrency had no “intrinsic” value....
...The case implicated dozens of top officials, including Kim Hyun-chul, the son of then-president Kim Young-sam, who served three years in prison on bribery charges....
...Pak Pong Ju, the 80-year-old premier since 2013, has also been replaced by the little-known Kim Jae Ryong, who was a communist party leader in a mountainous province....
...This week’s reunions will probably be the last time Lee Byung-ju, a 90-year-old South Korean man, and other elderly Koreans will see their family members....
...But as the base’s completion nears, most villagers have swallowed their unhappiness with it, says Seo Tae-jin, 45, at his family’s restaurant on the main street....
...“There is a need to check these people,” says Kim Soo-chul, an aide to Lee Eon-ju, a lawmaker who is pushing to introduce similar restrictions through amendments to an existing law....
...“Most media companies are heavily financially dependent on Samsung,” says Kim Seo-joong, a journalism and broadcasting professor at Sungkonghoe university....
...The order to move from Seoul was not enough to tear Seo Yoon-jung from her ambitions of advancement at the finance ministry....
...“If the deal is successful, Korean companies and banks will follow suit, making the market more active,” said Seo Chul-soo, a fixed-income strategist at Daewoo Securities....
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