Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee Passes Away at Age 78 (2nd Report)

[Asia Economy Reporters Kim Hyewon and Lee Changhwan] Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, has passed away at the age of 78.

According to the business community on the 25th, Chairman Lee died after a long battle with illness.

Born in 1942, the late chairman was hospitalized on May 10, 2014, due to acute myocardial infarction and passed away after six years of illness.