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Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong needs to revive the group’s fortunes as threats lurk in smartphones, chips and displays
Even in prison, Lee Jae-yong has the weight of a nation on his shoulders, with big questions for the flagship electronics business
Lee Jae-yong will spend 18 months in prison in blow to global technology group
Lee Jae-yong vows to improve ‘transparency and morality’ at tech giant
Investors bet South Korean group’s units will boost dividends to help family pay inheritance taxes
Latest allegations prompt concern among investors in world’s biggest maker of computer chips and smartphones
The possibility of South Korean company’s de facto head serving time should not panic investors
Allegations put spotlight back on governance and succession at South Korea’s largest company
Future of world’s biggest phone and chipmaker clouded by corruption scandal
Three employees jailed for up to two years in case linked to $3.9bn accounting fraud
Earnings decline for a fourth consecutive quarter at South Korean electronics company
Setback for technology giant as suspended sentence of company vice-chairman is overturned
Prosecutors grill Samsung Electronics president Chung Hyun-ho over alleged $3.9bn fraud
South Korean prosecutors say staff were ordered to destroy or conceal data
South Korean company to offer compensation to semiconductor and display plant employees
Chaebol sound positive about entering Pyongyang but harbour private concerns
Prosecutors act against 32 group officials in blow to image rehabilitation push
South Korean group to focus on new technologies including AI over next 3 years
Action comes amid probe of union busting at one of world’s most profitable groups
Pension fund backing for Elliott could thwart controlling family’s succession plans
Investigation follows activist fund’s claim for compensation from Seoul
Issue is whether groups’ controlling families will sacrifice vested interests
Convicted executive’s comeback seen as another blow to chaebol governance
Korean group appoints a woman to its board and splits CEO and chair roles
Critics say efforts to tackle graft are hamstrung by lenient prison sentences for wealthy
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