Lee Jae-yong

08 Aug 2018
Samsung Electronics and its affiliated companies plan to spend $22 billion over the next three years on artificial intelligence, auto components, and other future businesses.

06 Apr 2018
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, found guilty in a major corruption scandal that led to her downfall, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for abuse of power and coercion.

05 Feb 2018
In a stunning decision, a South Korean court suspended the prison sentence of Samsung Electronics Co. Vice-Chairman Jay Y. Lee, who had been arrested in February'17 in a scandal that brought down the country's former president.

13 Oct 2017
In the latest blow to Samsung, Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun has resigned from the company citing "unprecedented crisis".

25 Aug 2017
A South Korean court has found electronics giant Samsung's heir apparent Lee Jae-yong guilty of bribery and other crimes.

07 Aug 2017
South Korean prosecutors have recommended 12-year imprisonment billionaire Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong.

23 May 2017
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has pleaded not guilty at her corruption trial.

25 Mar 2017
At the company's annual meet in Seoul, Samsung Electronics chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun apologized for its involvement in a corruption scandal that led to Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee's arrest and the impeachment of the South Korean president.

28 Feb 2017
Samsung's chief Lee Jae-yong will be indicted by South Korean prosecutors on charges of bribery, embezzlement and other charges.

19 Feb 2017
Jay Y Lee who lived in a $4 million mansion in Seoul is now in "6.56 square meter (71 square foot) detention cell with a toilet in the corner behind a partition."