Samsung chairman bequeaths a tainted empire

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25/10/2020 10:35

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expressed are her own.)
    By Robyn Mak
    HONG KONG, Oct 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Lee Kun-hee, who
transformed a noodle business into a smartphone and chipmaking
colossus, has died at 78. The second-generation leader's mark on
Korea Inc will endure, as do scandals that follow the family.
Their challenge is to clean up the messy parts of his $355 bln
legacy. 
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    - Lee Kun-hee, chairman of South Korea's Samsung
Electronics, died on Oct. 25 at aged 78, more than six years
after he was hospitalised following a heart attack.
    - Lee died with his family by his side, including son Jay Y.
Lee, Samsung Electronics' vice chairman, the conglomerate said.
It did not specify the cause of death and declined to comment on
whether Lee left a will.
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