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Will Samsung Case Mark A Turning Point For South Korean Business Ties To Government?

The Samsung conglomerate, known globally for its electronics and smartphones, is South Korea's biggest and touches almost every aspect of South Korean life. Samsung encompasses more than 50 affiliates involved in life insurance, shipping, cars, construction, hospitals, hotels — even seeing-eye dogs. By Elise Hu NPR Aug 25, 2017

Will Samsung Case Mark A Turning Point For South Korean Business Ties To Government?

By Elise Hu
NPR
Aug 25, 2017 

The Samsung conglomerate, known globally for its electronics and smartphones, is South Korea’s biggest and touches almost every aspect of South Korean life. Samsung encompasses more than 50 affiliates involved in life insurance, shipping, cars, construction, hospitals, hotels — even seeing-eye dogs.

“You can live your entire life here, from cradle to the grave, on Samsung products. So you can die, go to the Samsung morgue when you’re dead, get married at the Samsung wedding hall in the company,” says author Geoffrey Cain, who has written a forthcoming book on the company.

Read more about the impact of South Korean court’s decision to sentence Lee Jae-young the de facto leader of Samsung, to five years in prison on corruption charges at NPR

 

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