Partially Guilty,” Maeil Business Newspaper, May 13, 2011,
https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/view/2011/05/305239/. This source is in
Korean. The author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted text into
English.The broadcaster who first revealed: Lim Ju-young, Kim Tae-jong,“ ‘X-file’
Journalist Lee Sang-ho Found Guilty at Appeal Trial,” Yonhap News Agency,
syndicated by Korea Economic Daily, November 23, 2011,
https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2006112339408. This source is in
Korean. The author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted text into
English.
“Any person who possessed”: “Court Finds Roh Hoe-chan Not Guilty.”
In 2013 Supreme Court judges ruled: Youkyung Lee, “South Korean Lawmaker
Loses Seat over Samsung Wiretaps,” Associated Press, February 16, 2013,
https://news.yahoo.com/skorean-lawmaker-loses-seat-over-samsung-wiretaps-
090038078finance.html [inactive].
Lawyers and pundits were puzzled: Judicial Watchdog Center, “[28th Criticism of
Ruling] The Ruling as Seen from Outside the Courtroom—Roh Hoe-chan’s
Guilty Verdict on the Spy Agency X-file Case,” People’s Solidarity for
Participatory Democracy, February 18, 2013, http://www.peoplepower21.org/
Judiciary/996452. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated
the title and the quoted text into English.
He was stripped of his seat: Lee, “South Korean Lawmaker Loses Seat.”
“I don’t regret it”: Roh Hoe-chan, interview by the author, September 23, 2015.
Following the verdict, Chairman Lee voluntarily: International Olympics
Committee Ethics Commission, “Decision with a Recommended Provisional
Measure,” no. D/03/08 (case no. 4/2008), July 18, 2008.
Samsung agreed behind the scenes: Kim Min-kyoung, “Lee Administration Made
Samsung Pay US Litigation Costs for DAS,” Hankyoreh, July 11, 2018,
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/852869.html.
granting special amnesty: Choe Sang-hun, “Korean Leader Pardons Samsung’s Ex-
Chairman,” The New York Times, December 29, 2009,
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/business/global/30samsung.html.
With his exoneration: Associated Press, “Lee Reinstated to IOC,” ESPN, February
8, 2010, http://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=4895452.
The bid was successful: Oh Young-jin, “Praising Lee Kun-hee,” The Korea Times,
July 12, 2011, http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinion/2011/07/
137_90741.html.
“The latest pardon reconfirms”: Choe, “Korean Leader Pardons Samsung’s Ex-
Chairman.”
“Samsung...the world’s largest conglomerate”: Michael Breen, “What People Got