Samsung said some of the statements related to Cain’s 2009 visit to a Samsung office were not true. In a recent interview with progressive newspaper Hankyoreh, Cain described a visit to Samsung eight years ago as a correspondent for the Global Post.
By Elizabeth Shim
UPI
Dec 5, 2017
Prosecutors have cast Lee Jae-yong, the heir to the Samsung empire, as a mastermind bent on breaking the law to protect his family’s wealth and power. They have accused him of paying $38 million in bribes to maintain control of Samsung without paying taxes.
By Amie Tsang
The New York Times
Aug 24, 2017
Regardless of the trial’s outcome, Lee Jae-yong ‘s reputation as a corporate leader has been damaged, say some Samsung watchers.“In the trial you come away with the impression that he is incompetent or at least he didn’t know his own company,” said Geoffrey Cain, the author of a coming book about Samsung.
By Jeyup S. Kwaak and Paul Mozur
The New York Times
Aug 23, 2017
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