[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has completely escaped the 'judicial risk' that has lasted for 10 years. On July 17, 2025, the 3rd Division of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Oh Seok-jun) confirmed the original verdict of not guilty for Chairman Lee, who was indicted for the merger of Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries and the fraudulent accounting of Samsung BioLogics. The Supreme Court upheld the not guilty verdicts of the first and second trials, stating that "there was no error in the original judgment that violated the rules of logic and exp
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Recently, at the HY (formerly Korea Yakult) Cheonan factory, a new female employee filed a lawsuit after being repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted by her direct supervisor and male coworkers. According to a report by Daejeon MBC on the 15th, the victim stated that after asking her supervisor for help with her health issues, she was massaged all over her body under the pretense of a 'massage' and that after a company dinner, she was sexually assaulted in a car while drunk. It was even more shocking when it was revealed that another male employee had als
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] "The United States is where Kolmar began 100 years ago. The second factory in the United States is not just a factory, but a starting point for a new vision and cooperation. With the second factory as a base, we will build an innovation ecosystem with various value chain partners and grow it into the largest cosmetics manufacturing hub in North America.” Yoon Sang-hyun, Vice Chairman of Kolmar Group, made these remarks at the completion ceremony for Kolmar USA's second plant held on July 16 (local time), presenting a vision for Kolmar Korea's expansion into t
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The '24th Korea L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award' ceremony, sponsored by L'Oréal Korea (CEO Samuel Du Retail) and the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (Acting Secretary-General Byung-Soon Yoon) and hosted by the Women's Life Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum (Chairman Eun-Sook Hwang), was held on July 16 at the Sofitel Ambassador Seoul in Jamsil, Seoul. This year's Academic Promotion Award went to Professor Mihee Lim (Director of the Metalloprotein Chemistry Research Group) of the Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Korea A
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] “Face the crisis and take action immediately.” Lotte Group held an unusual two-day, one-night 'Marathon CEO Meeting' (2025 Second Half VCM, Value Creation Meeting) ahead of the second half of this year, and spread Chairman Shin Dong-bin's urgent message, "Failure is not something to be afraid of, but rather not trying anything," throughout the group. Chairman Shin Dong-bin emphasizes sense of crisis in heavy atmosphere Chairman Shin held a meeting in a solemn atmosphere from July 16 to 17 at the Lotte Human Resources Development Center in Osan, Gyeonggi Provi