Reuters, February 4, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-lee/
samsung-scion-lee-walks-free-after-jail-term-suspended-faces-leadership-
challenges-idUSKBN1FO0R9.
the court reduced his five-year prison: Sam Kim, “Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee Set Free in
Unexpected Court Reversal,” Bloomberg News, February 5, 2018,
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-05/samsung-heir-jay-y-
lee-goes-free-after-court-suspends-jail-term.
“The past year has been”: Lee and Choi, “Samsung Scion Lee Walks Free After Jail
Term Suspended, Faces Leadership Challenges.”
Four months later, in June 2018: Jack Nicas, “Apple and Samsung End Smartphone
Patent Wars,” The New York Times, June 27, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/
2018/06/27/technology/apple-samsung-smartphone-patent.html.
“As Elliott’s claims are groundless”: Edward White and Kang Buseong, “Elliott’s
$718m Claim Against South Korea Poses Risk for Moon,” Financial Times,
May 3, 2019, https://www.ft.com/content/1a972668-6ca9-11e9-80c7-
60ee53e6681d.
“It is baffling that the Republic”: Representative of Elliott Management in New
York City, email to the author, May 13, 2019.
The government needed: Song Gyung-hwa, “[News analysis] Lee Jae-yong’s
Disturbing Display of Confidence Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling,”
Hankyoreh, May 5, 2019, http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/PRINT/892707.html.
In September 2018, President Moon: Sherisse Pham, “Why Samsung’s Billionaire
Chief Is Headed to North Korea,” CNNMoney, September 17, 2018,
https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/17/technology/south-korea-samsung/
index.html.
“Along with becoming a regular”: Song Gyung-hwa, “[News analysis] Lee Jae-
yong’s Disturbing Display of Confidence Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling,”
Hankyoreh.
Meanwhile, financial investigators probed: Song Jung-a, “Regulator Says Samsung
BioLogics Breached Accounting Rules,” Financial Times, May 2, 2018,
https://www.ft.com/content/4e37a1a6-4db4-11e8-8a8e-22951a2d8493.
Samsung BioLogics: Song Jung-a, “Two Samsung Employees Arrested over Alleged
Cover-Up,” Financial Times, April 29, 2019, https://www.ft.com/content/
20347230-6a95-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d.
“Some analysts said the accounting”: Song, “Regulator Says Samsung BioLogics
Breached Accounting Rules.”
The inflated value of Samsung BioLogics: Song Su-hyun, “[Newsmaker] How Much
Trouble Is Samsung BioLogics In?” The Korea Herald, November 22, 2018,
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181122000745.
The investigation sparked: Joyce Lee, “Accounting Concerns Wipe $6 Billion Off