Heir-apparent in gaol: is it the end of the 'Samsung Republic'?

dc.contributor.authorKim, Hyung-A
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T01:15:46Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T01:15:46Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-19
dc.date.updated2021-12-02T05:06:37Z
dc.description.abstractThe billionaire heir-apparent to South Korea’s largest family-owned conglomerate or chaebŏl, Samsung Electronics, has been gaoled for five years for bribery and embezzlement, among other charges. Lee Jaeyong, aged 49, also known as Jay Y. Lee, is alleged to have offered or pledged $US 36 million in bribes to Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of Park for over forty years, in return for political favours. The court, however, confirmed only South Korean Won (KRW) 7.2 billion ($US 6.8 million) as a bribe designed to win the government’s approval of a controversial merger of two Samsung units so as to increase Lee’s control over the entire Samsung empire. It would have cemented a power transfer from his father, Lee Kun-hee, who has been in a coma since 2014.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/187445
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAsian Studies Association of Australia
dc.rights© ASAA
dc.sourceAsian Currents
dc.source.urihttp://asaa.asn.au/heir-apparent-gaol-end-samsung-republic/en_AU
dc.titleHeir-apparent in gaol: is it the end of the 'Samsung Republic'?
dc.typeNewspaper/magazine article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen access via publisher websiteen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-09-09
local.bibliographicCitation.startpageonlineen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKim, Hyung-A, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidKim, Hyung-A, u4245407en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor200202 - Asian Cultural Studiesen_AU
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