Jailed Leaders a familiar sight for Chaebol
By Bloomberg
02 March 2017 |
7:21 am
With the arrest of Jay Y. Lee, the 48-year-old vice chairman of Samsung and dauphin of the dynasty controlling the Samsung Group, the chaebol are again under pressure from the state.
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