Ex-Sheriff Scott Jenkins, found guilty of bribery, received a pardon from Donald Trump. Trump announced this on Truth Social. He criticized...

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been acquitted by a South Korean court of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud charg...

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...

Billionaire Lee Jae-yong, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January last year, will be "reinstated" to give him a chance to ...

Park became South Korea's first woman president in 2013, casting herself in the role of the daughter of the nation, incorruptible and behol...

Lee Jae-yong -- the 188th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $12.4 billion -- is currently serving a two-...

But the decision not to appeal could mean that Samsung is looking to draw a line under the issue: with time already served, Lee will be eli...

Jay Y. Lee, 52, was convicted of bribing an associate of former President Park Geun-hye and jailed for five years in 2017. He denied wrongd...

Under his leadership, Samsung became the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm's overall turnover today is...

Lee's far-sighted leadership style was widely credited with turning Samsung Electronics, now the group's flagship subsidiary, into one of t...

Today Samsung -- by far South Korea's most powerful conglomerate with more than 50 affiliates from electronics and insurance to hotels and ...

A Seoul court ruled Friday that former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee was guilty of breach of trust and handed him a suspended prison sentenc...

The former head of South Korea's biggest business group Samsung and his son appeared in court together during the father's trial for tax ev...

South Korean activists said Friday they would launch a nationwide campaign calling for a new probe into corruption allegations against the ...

Investigators Thursday raided the offices of Samsung Electronics after summoning the head of its parent group a second time for questioning...