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It doesn't help Lee Jaeyong that, unlike his ruthless father (who was somehow brutally efficient at making Samsung the most powerful company in Korea), Lee Jaey

by yongjik 10y ago

It doesn't help Lee Jaeyong that, unlike his ruthless father (who was somehow brutally efficient at making Samsung the most powerful company in Korea), Lee Jaeyong has the moniker of "Hand of Minus", after several of his pet projects that went nowhere. Already some people are (somewhat jokingly) predicting that maybe his arrest would be a plus to Samsung... That said, it was quite a bold move by prosecutors. Without the current scandal of president Park and puppetmaster Choi, I don't think they would have dared arrest Samsung's leader. (Well, the court may still say no to the arrest; we should wait and see.)

bane 10y ago
Despite the history of corruption in Korean politics up to the presidential level, my gut feeling is that the Park/Choi scandal is unprecedented in Korean history, both in terms of the scale of the revelations, and the low level of tolerance that regular Koreans are showing towards it. I think in 20 years, people will talk about pre and post Park Geun-hye Korea because the difference will be that important.