SEOUL( REUTERS)-An anonymous messaging app called Blind used by South Korean employees to air their grievances is helping change management attitudes towards workers in some of the nation's biggest companies. The bosses have taken note as the app's popularity among employees surges.In several instances in recent weeks, companies have changed course on salary decisions and other issues after criticism by employees expressed on the app.It was a marked departure from the previously unassailable top

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Lee and 13 other current and former Samsung officials, including the accusation that the primary intent of the merger was to strengthen Mr.... Neither Samsung Electronics nor the prosecutors’ office immediately commented after the verdict.Mr.... Lee’s lawyers said in a statement that the decision “ clearly confirmed the legality ” of the merger and the accounting of its affiliates. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT Samsung is the largest and most successful of the South Korean conglomerates know

SEOUL, South Korea — The government of President Moon Jae-in said on Friday that it would pardon former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a 20-year prison term after she was convicted on bribery and other criminal charges.Ms.... 31 to promote “ reconciliation and consolidate national power to help overcome the national crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ” the Justice Ministry said in a statement. She has served four years and nine months of her sentence so far.Ms.... Park became the

SEOUL, South Korea--A day ahead of his release on parole, Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in a South Korean court Thursday for another trial over alleged financial crimes — a reminder of his looming legal risks even as he leaves prison. The Justice Ministry earlier this week decided to free Lee and some 800 other prisoners on Friday, ahead of a holiday on Sunday celebrating Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II. Lee had a year left on a 30-month sentence

Lee, who has been running Samsung since a heart attack incapacitated his father, Lee Kun-hee, in 2014.... The court’s refusal to issue an arrest warrant raised doubts in South Korea about the strength the prosecution’s cause, particularly after a review panel in June recommended against indicting Mr.... Lee’s father was convicted twice of bribery and other corruption charges, but never spent a day in prison....

Many perceive it to be an example of a value trap.... In general, companies trade at substantial discounts to their book values because the market perceives them to be incapable of growing profitability or asset values. External economic factors also contribute to these stocks becoming traps.... These factors may not be exclusive to these companies, but they are perceived as being more susceptible....

Wearing a gray suit and a mask, Lee stepped out of the prison gates in Uiwang to a barrage of camera flashes.... I am very sorry, ” Lee said before bowing.... Even with his release, Lee isn’t out of the legal woods....

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walks outside of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, on Aug.... Wearing a gray suit and a mask, Lee stepped out of the prison gates in Uiwang to a barrage of camera flashes.... "( I) caused too much concern to our people....

Hundreds of demonstrators standing behind police lines simultaneously shouted slogans denouncing or welcoming his release.“[ I] caused too much concern to our people.... He appeared at the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday for another trial over alleged stock price manipulation, auditing violations and other financial crimes related to the 2015 merger.... Lee was jailed again in January this year following a retrial. Almost no one had expected Lee to serve his full sentence through July