Potential pardon for Samsung scion discussed in Moon’s meeting with biz leaders: Cheong Wa Dae June 2, 2021
President Moon Jae-in talked about whether to grant Lee Jae-yong, the de-facto head of Samsung Group, a special pardon, during a meeting with a group of business leaders, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.
Moon had a luncheon meeting with the leaders of South Korea’s four major conglomerates SK, Hyundai, LG and Samsung at Cheong Wa Dae earlier in the day.
The attendees were SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kim Ki-nam, who is in charge of the firm’s device solutions division, attended the meeting instead of Lee. The Samsung scion was imprisoned in January for embezzlement and bribery.
SK chairman expands presence in biz community during US summit
Posted : 2021-05-24 16:21
Updated : 2021-05-24 16:27
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, right, also chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo during the Korea-U.S. Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., Friday (local time). Courtesy of KCCI
By Yi Whan-woo
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won displayed his presence as an increasingly influential representative of the Korean business community on the occasion of the Korea-U.S. summit last week.
This was his first U.S. trip after he took the helm of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), the country s largest business lobby groups, in March.