I don't know details, but I think the new ruler (Lee Jae-Yong) has full authority over Samsung. Samsung's upper class is a very hierarchical bunch, and they (e

I don't know details, but I think the new ruler (Lee Jae-Yong) has full authority over Samsung. Samsung's upper class is a very hierarchical bunch, and they (especially the now incapacitated father Lee Kun-hee) did everything reasonable and unreasonable to ensure smooth power transition. If anyone was loyal to the father, they would be loyal to the son because that's what the father wanted. (Whether they will stay loyal, of course, is anyone's guess...) If anything, the widely suspected reason the father Lee is not yet officially dead is that they're still fixing loose ends on their... creative accounting so that the son can inherit the group without paying due tax. (Well, it could be just another conspiracy theory, but anyone following news on South Korea would concede that it's a very plausible theory.)