Focus S. Korea: Heir’s legal challenges cast shadow over new era at Samsung

Lee Jae-yong, the 52-year-old, third-generation leader of Samsung, South Korea's largest conglomerate. - The Korea Herald-Yonhap/Asian News Network

SEOUL, Oct 26 (The Korea Herald/ANN): The death on Sunday of Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee ushers in a new era under his son, the group’s de facto head Lee Jae-yong, but the path forward for the new leader appears fraught with legal challenges.

Lee Jae-yong, the 52-year-old, third-generation leader of the country’s largest conglomerate, is currently standing trial in two cases that could send him back to prison and are likely to take years to reach a conclusion.