The older Samsung Men: Fifteen Samsung vice presidents and former vice
presidents, interviews by the author, March 2016–September 2017.
“It looks like any other”: Nam S. Lee, interview by the author, November 13, 2015.
“For the older generation”: Ho Soo Lee, interview by the author, September 5,
2016.
Pendleton’s spirits remained high: Former Galaxy marketer, interview by the
author, October 23, 2017.
“A patented design may be”: Samsung Electronics, “Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,” Samsung
Electronics v. Apple, December 14, 2015, https://www.scribd.com/doc/
293255771/Samsung-vs-Apple-Samsung-s-Appeal-to-the-Supreme-Court.
“Isn’t it simply unworthy”: Florian Mueller, “Apple v. Samsung: Petition for
Supreme Court to Take First Look at Design Patent Case in 122 Years,” Foss
Patents, December 14, 2015, http://www.fosspatents.com/2015/12/apple-v-
samsung-petition-for-supreme.html.
“gonna have me skateboard down”: Casey Neistat, “I’m a Male Model,” posted by
YouTube user CaseyNeistat on March 2, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=88N-811loAo.
decline and closure of Milk Music: Dan Rys, “Samsung’s Milk Music Officially
Shuts Down U.S. Service,” Billboard, September 22, 2016,
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7518662/samsung-milk-music-
officially-shuts-down-us.
“I’m just disappointed”: Daren Tsui, interview by the author, January 10, 2017.
“It may be the worst code”: Peter Bright, “Samsung’s Tizen Is Riddled with Security
Flaws, Amateurishly Written,” Ars Technica, April 4, 2017,
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/samsungs-tizen-is-riddled-with-
security-flaws-amateurishly-written/.
“The JTBC reporting team”: “Choi Soon-sil Computer Obtained...President’s
Speeches Have Been Downloaded,” JTBC, October 24, 2016.
http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11340632. This
source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the headline and text
into English.
“daughter of Korea’s Rasputin”: Lee Ha-kyeong, “A Bloody Similarity,” Korea
JoongAng Daily, January 14, 2017, http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/
article/article.aspx?aid=3028421.
President Park’s approval rating collapsed: Ju-min Park and Se Young Lee, “S.
Korea President’s Approval Rating Falls to 5 Percent: Gallup,” Reuters,
November 4, 2016, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-
poll-idUSKBN12Z04Y.
Swarms of protesters cried foul: Choe Sang-Hun, “South Koreans ‘Ashamed’ over