Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong speaks during U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit on May 20, 2022 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoned Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Friday, with South Korea’s Justice Ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a “national economic crisis.”
The pardon is largely symbolic,…