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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is personally pushing his country's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, a spokesman for Lee said.
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean electronics giant Samsung Lee said Jae-yong, a grandson of the company's founder, had been promoted to president.
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Seoul High Court gave the former Samsung chairman a three-year suspended sentence and a hefty fine for illegal bond deals, South Korean officials said.
SEOUL, May 29 (UPI) -- The South Korean Supreme court cleared Samsung owner Lee Kun-hee of all breach of trust charges Friday after 13 years of legal wrangling.
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A South Korean appeals court tossed out a breach of trust charge against former Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee Friday, sparing him a prison term.
SEOUL, July 16 (UPI) -- Lee Kun-hee, former chairman of the global electronics giant Samsung, was found guilty Wednesday of tax evasion in a South Korean court.
SEOUL, April 22 (UPI) -- Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group who was indicted last week on tax evasion and breach of trust charges, resigned Tuesday.
SEOUL, April 17 (UPI) -- Reaction was mixed in South Korea Thursday over a special prosecutor's decision not to pursue bribery charges against Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
SEOUL, April 16 (UPI) -- A high profile investigation in South Korea involving an alleged slush fund set up to bribe officials is winding down, prosecutors said.
SEOUL, April 11 (UPI) -- The head of South Korea's Samsung Group was questioned again Friday by a special prosecutor probing alleged corruption in the nation's largest conglomerate.
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