Samsung heirs sell Seoul villa for US$16mil to help pay record inheritance tax bill


This residence in Seoul’s Yongsan district was sold for 22.8 billion won by four heirs of the late Samsung chairman, including his widow and three children. - Yoo Sung-hyun/Herald Biz

SEOUL: The heirs of the late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee have sold a luxury property in central Seoul for 22.8 billion won (US$16 million), in what appears to be part of a broader effort to pay South Korea’s largest-ever inheritance tax bill.

According to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s official property transaction database, the sale was finalised on June 13.

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