During Friday's hearing at Seoul Central District Court, prosecutors accused Jay Y Lee, 55, and other former executives of violating the Ca...

The trial is the last legal uncertainty for Lee, who had being pardoned for an earlier, separate conviction and only last year cemented his...

Lotte's Shin received a suspended prison term in 2018 on similar charges of bribing Park, whom then-President Moon Jae-in pardoned in Decem...

Under South Korean law, the recipient of a controlled substance deemed to have been administered illegally is liable for prosecution, as we...

They are likely to be safer and more stable than liquid li-ion batteries in which the electrolyte is volatile and flammable at high tempera...

Lee, who was 78, helped grow his father Lee Byung-chull's noodle trading business into South Korea's biggest conglomerate. His death came m...

Lee, who has already served jail time in connection with a separate case, and 10 other current and former Samsung executives were indicted ...

Jay Y Lee is in trials over charges that he bribed a friend of former President Park Geun-hye to seek support for the deal that helped tigh...

South Korea’s highest court ordered the retrial of the Samsung Electronics Co. vice chairman over bribery charges on Thursday.

The probe could eventually interfere with the son’s ability to take full control of the group after his father formally steps down.

For three generations the Lee family has built a sprawling $270 billion empire of companies - not just electronics-maker Samsung.