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.

SEOUL, April 4 (UPI) -- Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee said upon leaving a special prosecutor's office in Seoul Friday that he did not engage in bribery.

SEOUL, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in South Korea issued a summons to the executive director of Samsung Electronics Co. Lee Jae-yong Thursday as part of a wide-ranging investigation.