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Korean prosecutors pursuing bribery charges against Samsung heir Jay Y Lee have zeroed in on a five-minute chat with the country’s president as the start of a relationship that put both behind bars. The landmark trial of South Korea’s

Samsung Electronics apologised on Friday for its involvement in scandals that have led to the ouster of South Korea’s president and the recall of its Galaxy Note7 smartphones, pledging to improve governance in the face of

Samsung Electronics’ shareholders will be meeting for the first time since the arrest of de facto chief Jay Y Lee, with questions looming over whether any changes to its corporate structure are in store

For a company that has been mired in negative headlines for months, just about the last thing Samsung Electronics needed was news its smart TVs could be used to spy on users. According to documents released by WikiLeaks, that is exactly what

South Korea’s special prosecutor accused Jay Y Lee and other Samsung Group executives of conspiring to create fake documents to mask millions of dollars in bribes funnelled to a confidante of the nation’s president. Lee, the de facto head of

While being questioned for allegedly bribing South Korea’s president, Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee is locked up at a prison notorious for housing convicted billionaires, a serial killer and the hangman’s noose. That doesn’t mean he’s

Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee was formally arrested on allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement, an extraordinary step that jeopardises the executive’s ascent to the top role at the world’s biggest smartphone maker. The Seoul central district court