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...Shin Dong-bin, chair of Korean retail giant Lotte Group, who received a suspended 30 month sentence in 2018 for bribery, will also receive a pardon....
...That made Moon’s acquiescence last year in the early release of Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who was serving a prison sentence for bribing Park Geun-hye, all the more disappointing for reformers....
...Members of South Korea’s business community, including Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, lined up on Monday to pay tribute to Shin in Seoul....
...Shin Hye Yong, the interpreter for Mr Kim at the Hanoi meeting, has also been detained at an internment camp for political prisoners for undermining his authority by making a critical mistake in interpretation...
...“Tycoons such as Lee Jae-yong and Shin Dong-bin have been released from jail and Mr Moon is embracing them for economic growth....
...In August, Samsung outlined a $160bn three-year investment months after its de facto chief, Lee Jae-yong, was released from prison with a suspended sentence....
...“They are in effect saying the same thing as the five sanctions are the most painful for North Korea,” said Shin Beom-chul, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies....
...“Most of us are keen to go back once sanctions are lifted,” said Shin Han-yong, chairman of an association of Kaesong companies....
...“Mr Jo’s defection throws cold water on Pyongyang’s recent attempt to reach out to the world,” said Shin Beom-chul, a researcher at the Asian Institute for Policy Studies....
...Attention in South Korea is now likely to switch to the final appeal of Lee Jae-yong, the de facto chief of Samsung....
...Lee Jae-yong, chief of Samsung, and Shin Dong-bin, chairman of retail group Lotte, both received suspended jail sentences this year, despite being convicted of paying bribes to Park’s confidante....
...“But the US wants to see concrete action from North Korea on denuclearisation first,” Mr Shin said. “It will take a long time to reach a compromise.”...
...Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, remains a board member of the technology giant although he was convicted of bribery....
...In August, Samsung group’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to five years in prison over the bribery scandal and is appealing the case in which he is accused of making donations worth nearly $40m...
...Ms Choi was sentenced alongside Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte, South Korea’s fifth largest conglomerate....
...Among them were Choi Eun-hee, the actress, and Shin Sang-Ok, her husband director, who were taken from a beach in Hong Kong to Pyongyang and forced to produce propaganda films for the regime....
...Lee Jae-yong, who was also convicted of bribery, remains a board member of Samsung Electronics after an appeals court suspended his prison sentence....
...The bribery scandal led to Ms Park’s impeachment in last March as well as the conviction of Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung....
...Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung....
...of former president Park Geun-hye and the incarceration of Samsung’s billionaire heir Lee Jae-yong....
...and the arrest of Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong....
...“A sustainable price recovery is unlikely, given the solar industry’s persistent overcapacity problem,” says Shin Hyun-joon at Hanwha Securities....
...In February, Samsung group’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong was arrested on allegations of bribery, embezzlement and other financial offences....
...Dennis Wilder, a former top CIA analyst, says there are many options that could be interpreted as a kick in the shin or a bloody nose....
...Samsung is hoping the device will rejuvenate its market share, which has been slipping following the Note 7 fiasco and the arrest last month of its de facto head Lee Jae-yong on corruption charges....
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