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  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
    M&A behind bars: the heir fighting to revive a leading conglomerate Premium

    Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong needs to revive the group’s fortunes as threats lurk in smartphones, chips and displays

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    Samsung’s biggest challenge: ‘The Lee family has to reform’

    Even in prison, Lee Jae-yong has the weight of a nation on his shoulders, with big questions for the flagship electronics business

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    South Korean court sends Samsung head back to jail for bribery

    Lee Jae-yong will spend 18 months in prison in blow to global technology group

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    South Korean prosecutors seek nine-year sentence for Samsung head

    Lee Jae-yong vows to improve ‘transparency and morality’ at tech giant

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Samsung Group
    Shares in Samsung companies jump after chairman’s death

    Investors bet South Korean group’s units will boost dividends to help family pay inheritance taxes

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong faces charges of stock manipulation

    Latest allegations prompt concern among investors in world’s biggest maker of computer chips and smartphones

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    LexSamsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung/Elliott: jail blazers Premium

    The possibility of South Korean company’s de facto head serving time should not panic investors

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Samsung heir in fraud case

    Allegations put spotlight back on governance and succession at South Korea’s largest company

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung folding smartphones launch tests recovery plan

    Future of world’s biggest phone and chipmaker clouded by corruption scandal

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung executives found guilty of destroying evidence

    Three employees jailed for up to two years in case linked to $3.9bn accounting fraud

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung reports 52% fall in profit amid weak demand

    Earnings decline for a fourth consecutive quarter at South Korean electronics company

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    S Korea court orders bribery retrial for Samsung heir Lee

    Setback for technology giant as suspended sentence of company vice-chairman is overturned

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung heir’s top aide questioned over suspected cover-up

    Prosecutors grill Samsung Electronics president Chung Hyun-ho over alleged $3.9bn fraud

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung fraud probe widens to chaebol succession battle

    South Korean prosecutors say staff were ordered to destroy or conceal data

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    South Korean business & finance
    Samsung finally apologises to stricken workers

    South Korean company to offer compensation to semiconductor and display plant employees

  • Monday, 22 October, 2018
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    South Korean corporates tiptoe towards the North Premium

    Chaebol sound positive about entering Pyongyang but harbour private concerns

  • Thursday, 27 September, 2018
    Companies
    Samsung Electronics head indicted for ‘union sabotage’

    Prosecutors act against 32 group officials in blow to image rehabilitation push

  • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
    Technology sector
    Samsung outlines $160bn investment to underpin profits

    South Korean group to focus on new technologies including AI over next 3 years

  • Tuesday, 15 May, 2018
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Samsung arrest casts doubt on group’s reform push

    Action comes amid probe of union busting at one of world’s most profitable groups

  • Sunday, 13 May, 2018
    Automobiles
    Activists smell possible victory in Hyundai showdown

    Pension fund backing for Elliott could thwart controlling family’s succession plans

  • Thursday, 3 May, 2018
    South Korean business & finance
    S Korean prosecutors to examine Elliott share deal

    Investigation follows activist fund’s claim for compensation from Seoul

  • Monday, 16 April, 2018
    South Korean business & finance
    South Korea chaebol reform efforts fail to impress

    Issue is whether groups’ controlling families will sacrifice vested interests

  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    Corporate governance
    ‘Nut rage’ outrage as Korean Air heiress returns

    Convicted executive’s comeback seen as another blow to chaebol governance

  • Friday, 23 March, 2018
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Samsung shake-up addresses ‘emperor’ image problems

    Korean group appoints a woman to its board and splits CEO and chair roles

  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    News in-depthSouth Korea Politics & Policy
    S Korea judiciary accused of favouring powerful

    Critics say efforts to tackle graft are hamstrung by lenient prison sentences for wealthy

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