Samsung Chief

South Korea plans on strengthening cooperation with India as Seoul attempts to align with a US-led push to diversify the global supply chain away from China

The South Korean electronics major plans to invest in setting up smart manufacturing capabilities at its second-largest mobile phone plant in Noida

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has cleared the heir to the country's biggest company of bribery charges, for which Lee spent 18 months in prison before his release on parole a year ago

Lee, who died aged 78 on Sunday after being hospitalized for a heart attack in 2014, was driven by a constant sense of crisis

He also apologised for the behaviour of executives caught sabotaging labour union activities, and vowed to guarantee labour rights at the tech giant

Chairman Lee Sang-hoon and executive vice president Kang Kyung-hoon were both sentenced to 18 months

Lee is a suspect in the influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to impeach Park Geun-hye