Sat, Feb 25, 2017
Prosecutors believe Lee gave or promised some 43 billion won ($36 million) worth of bribes to President Park Geun-hye`s jailed friend Choi Soon-sil in return for the government`s backing of a merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015.
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Mon, Jan 16, 2017
Samsung signed a 22 billion won ($18 million) consulting contract in August 2015 with a Germany-based firm owned by the woman who is at the centre of the scandal, and allegedly sent the company billions of won, which was used to fund her daughter`s equestrian training, according to prosecutors.
Tue, Nov 29, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it was considering splitting the company into two, a move seen as necessary for heir-apparent Lee Jae-Yong to take over the firm from his father.
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