Samsung Chief Gets Released From Prison On Parole
Lee, who is the richest person in South Korea, has been in jail since January this year. A national high court sentenced him to two-and-a-half years in prison in a 2017 bribery case involving then South Korea president Park Geun-hye. The Samsung heir had bribed Park to help him take control of the business. He had already served time in detention, which counted toward the sentence. But there’s still almost a year left in his sentence....