html_dir/2017/04/07/2017040702451.html. This source is in Korean. The
author’s researcher translated the headline and text into English.
The Tower executives signed: Eun-Young Jeong, “His Kingdom for a Horse?
Samsung Heir’s Trial Hinges on an Equestrian Deal,” The Wall Street Journal,
July 4, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/case-against-samsung-heir-rides-
on-alleged-horse-trading-deal-1499088469. The Core Sports contract is in the
possession of the author.
Soon-sil had befriended: Choe Sang-hun, “A Presidential Friendship Has Many
South Koreans Crying Foul,” The New York Times, October 27, 2016,
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/world/asia/south-korea-choi-soon-
sil.html.
“Rumors are rife that”: Alexander Vershbow (U.S. ambassador to South Korea),
cable sent on July 20, 2007, Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy, WikiLeaks,
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07SEOUL2178_a.html.
Samsung bought an $830,000 racehorse: Kim Min-kyung, Chung Yoo-ra: “I Don’t
Think Samsung Was Unaware of Exchanging Horses,” Hankyoreh, July 12,
- This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the headline
and text into English.
Jay Lee sold off Samsung’s corporate jets: “Samsung Private Jet’s Last Flight to
Carry George W. Bush,” Chosun Ilbo, October 1, 2015,
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/10/01/
2015100101487.html.
raking in almost $6 billion: Min-Jeong Lee, “Samsung Sells Chemical Businesses to
Rival Lotte,” The Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2015,
https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-sells-chemical-businesses-to-rival-
lotte-1446176583.
He sold the Samsung Life Insurance: Seo Ji-eun, “Two Years On, Samsung Heir
Has Put His Brand on Group,” Korea JoongAng Daily, May 10, 2016,
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3018515.
under the initiative “Start-up Samsung”: Kentaro Ogura, “Samsung Sheds Old
Culture for New Growth,” Nikkei Asian Review, June 30, 2016,
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Samsung-sheds-old-culture-for-new-growth.
The Samsung Summer Festival: Lee Suh-hee, “Samsung Cancels Summer
Festival...Speeding Up the Process of Overthrowing Corporate Culture,”
Hankook Ilbo, March 22, 2016, https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/
201603220479056587. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher
translated the headline and text into English.
The company cut down: Kentaro Ogura, “Samsung Sheds Old Culture for New
Growth.”
“People felt liberated”: Samsung marketer, email message to the author, December
2, 2016.