Tycoon’s family members keep suffering
How’s the life of Korea’s richest man, Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee? Ordinary people would envy the super-rich businessman whose total wealth amounts to more than $15 billion.
From the perspective of Lee, however, his life...
Hotel Shilla head denies wrongdoing
Hotel Shilla chief Lee Boo-jin is accused of having taken propofol, a short-acting and sedative-hypnotic agent, for non-medical purposes, according to a local news outlet. Lee instantly denied the report.
Propofol induces and maintains anesthesia. Misuse...
Hanwha heir punished for drug use
One of the most-read stories of last month was about Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, who is accused of having taken an addictive drug of propofol, which cannot be administered for recreational purposes.
A former...
Raid continues longer than 8 hours
The police raided a cosmetic clinic on March 23 following the news report that Hotel Shilla chief Lee Boo-jin, also Samsung Group heiress, abused an addictive drug of propofol in 2016
Police officers raided the...
Customs agency raids HDC Shilla
Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin suffers another setback as the Korea Customs Service raided HDC Shilla Duty Free, a joint venture between the hotel operator and Hyundai Development Company (HDC).
The billionaire businesswoman, also the eldest...
Top court will rule on Lee Jae-yong next month, at earliest
Originally, many expected that the Supreme Court will make a decision on Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de-facto chief of Korea’s top conglomerate, this month.
But the top court...
Good relationship between Samsung and gov't may affect court ruling: observers
The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision on Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de-facto chief of Korea’s biggest business conglomerate this month.
After wrapping up hearings on...
Forensic work is underway for a full month
The police are continuing their investigation into suspicions that Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin took an addictive drug for non-medical purposes a few years ago.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said May 8...
Vice Chairman Lee warns of crisis
Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de facto chief of Korea’s leading conglomerate, sounds like his bed-ridden father, Chairman Lee Kun-hee, in requesting a “sense of crisis.”
Samsung Electronics said June 16 that Vice Chairman...
Police expand propofol investigation
The police are focusing on investigations over a surgeon and two nurses of a cosmetic clinic in Seoul as they are suspected of having administered an addictive drug to Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin.
The Seoul Metropolitan...