 "Samsung family in public spat over inheritance")
Seoul, South Korea: A feud over the riches of South Korea’s Samsung business empire has erupted in public as family members prepare to take an inheritance battle to court.
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics Co, which is the flagship company of the Samsung conglomerate, is facing off against his older brother, a sister and the wife of a nephew who all want a bigger piece of the Samsung cake.
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The court battle might upset a dynastic succession in Samsung’s leadership. It could result in the unraveling of a cross-shareholding structure that allows Lee Kun-hee to control the group as a minority shareholder.
AP