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President Park pardons business tycoon of embezzlement
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's President Park Geun-hye on Thursday pardoned a tycoon convicted of embezzlement who heads the country's third-largest business group. The justice ministry said in a statement that SK Group's Chey Tae-won...
Samsung CEO out of ICU
By Kim Yoo-chul Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee was transferred to a normal hospital room late Monday, Samsung Medical Center (SMC) said Tuesday. "All medical checkups have shown that the chairman is very stable. He was moved...
Hospital says Samsung chief making recovery, denies rumors of worsening condition
SEOUL (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, being treated in hospital after a heart attack Saturday night, is gradually recovering, his doctors said Friday, denying rumors spreading quickly online that he was in a critical...
Samsung Chief Lee Kun-Hee recovering after heart attack
By Kim Yoo-chul Lee Kun-hee is recovering and may regain consciousness today, Samsung Group said, Monday. The Samsung Electronics chairman, 72, remains unconscious after suffering a heart attack. Lee was taken off an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)...
U.N. Secretary General Ban and Kim Yu-na picked as top role models
By Kim Jae-won Students at Hanyang University in Seoul picked U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and figure skater Kim Yu-na as their top role models, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey by Professor Kim Jae-won,...
Samsung's Lee KH joins top 100 richest men's club
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has joined the ranks of the world's richest people, the only Korean to be listed among the top 100. According to a report by Bloomberg, the fortune of the head of Korea's...
NAVER Chief's Share Value Tops One Trillion Won ($939.4 M)
(Yonhap) Lee Hae-jin, the head of Korea's No. 1 internet portal operator NAVER Corp., saw his share value hover above one trillion won ($939.4 million) on the back of its messenger service LINE, data showed Wednesday. The...