Samsung heiress investigated for suspected drug use
It took a full year for the police to summon Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin to look into the suspicions that she took an addictive drug for non-medical purposes a few years ago.
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Propofol investigations continue for 2 months
Police raided a cosmetic clinic in southern Seoul early this week to investigate the suspicion that it administered an addictive drug of propofol in 2016 to Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency...
Clinic head faces probes regarding Lee's alleged propofol abuse
The police booked the chief of a cosmetic clinic in southern Seoul, who is suspected of having administered an addictive drug to Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin for non-medical purposes.
The Seoul...
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...
Chairman Lee has been hospitalized for 5 years
May 10 marks five years since the hospitalization of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who has been ensconced in Samsung Seoul Hospital.
On that date, Lee collapsed following a heart attack at his...
Hotel Shilla chief likely to be questioned in 2nd half
The police are not likely to summon Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin in the first half of this year regarding suspicions that she took an addictive drug for non-medical purposes...
After spending seven months behind bars, Vice Chairman Lee will be back
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said on Aug. 9 that it will grant parole to imprisoned Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who will be released later this...
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...
Can Lee Jae-yong head Samsung right away?
Released no parole early Aug. 13 after seven months behind bars, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong moved to the head office of the world’s largest maker of semiconductors and smartphones.
This causes controversies...
Chief of Korea's top conglomerate hospitalized for six years
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee died on Oct. 25. Samsung is South Korea’s top conglomerate of which flagship unit is Samsung Electronics, the world’s No. 1 manufacturer of smartphones and memory...