Aug 12, 2022
Samsung’s billionaire vice chair is being pardoned in South Korea
The Samsung heir was released from prison on parole last year.
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From the BBC World Service: Lee Jae-yong was convicted of embezzlement and bribery, but the Seoul government says he's needed back in charge of the country's biggest company to help the post-pandemic economic recovery. Plus, an armed man took hostages at a bank in Lebanon and demanded access to his frozen savings. And, the Swedish firm that's developing a less environmentally intensive kind of steel.
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