South Korean authorities have said billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong will be released this week.

The heir to the Samsung conglomerate is going back to jail and South Korea is again examining the dirty intersection of all-powerful "chaebols" and political leadership.

The prison sentence could severely complicate his succession at the consumer electronics giant. Lee Jae-yong's conviction originally dates back to 2017 and pertains to a bribe to an associate of the former president.

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For the first time ever, China's electronics giant Huawei sold more smartphones than the South Korea's Samsung in the last quarter, according to an industry tracker. Still, Huawei faces trouble on the global market.

Samsung has unveiled 'Neon', the world's first "artificial humans", at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Developed by Samsung-backed Star Labs, a virtual being, a look-alike that behaves like humans.

The decision is another blow to Samsung as it struggles with falling profitability and a trade spat with Japan.

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