downing street aide about his behaviour in 2016. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. the verdict is due today. korean chairman of multi— group could face jail for bribery. could face jail for bribery. fly me to the moon... to the moon... tune of the trend bringing karaoke to a new level by going small. good morning, and asia. hello, world. world. decide whether to send the retail giant of lotte to jail. giant of lotte to jail. he has been accused of bribing. accused of bribing. lotte is not the only company involved. only company involved. ceo of samsung was jailed for corruption. corruption. companies, wielding huge economic and political power. and political power. towards corruption in corporate south korea. it is a very clear warning. warning. because of their contribution to the economy. economy. pledge was to get rid of the corruption culture in south korea. corruption culture in south korea. people are ready to seek shin dong bin go to jail. bin go to jail. towards stronger corporate governance? governance? yes, because let us take samsung for example. samsung for example. jailed, people bought samsung would crumble. crumble. governance in samsung and it's turning positive for the company. turning positive for the company. but samsung electronics is the largest company in south korea. largest company in south korea. is very stable, despite the former ceo being behind bars. ceo being behind bars. what about lotte as a company? lotte as a company? can it survive with shin dong bin being jailed? with shin dong bin being jailed? is a slightly different story for lotte. for lotte, it is the founder. his two sons and the founder's wife. could be a potential leadership vacuum for the company. vacuum for the company. problem is the financial side of things. things. all these could be on hold for a while. for a while. scandal on top of that, lotte could be facing a severe image problem. other business news, the chairman of alphabet is stepping down. alphabet is stepping down. and was rebranded as alphabet in 2015. 2015. announce his successor early next year. year. company said it had held talks with boeing. boeing. giant would join two of the world's biggest plane manufacturers. biggest plane manufacturers. the brazilian government which is a stakeholder in embraer. stakeholder in embraer. are you looking for a new yearjob? 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