Hong Ra-hee

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Weak global economy hits wealth of most South Korean tycoons SINGAPORE (April 28, 2016) – Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-Hee is the richest person in South Korea, for the eighth year in a row, with a net worth of US$12.6 billion according to the 2016 Forbes Korea Rich List. However, his [...]

Samsung's Lee family tops FORBES' inaugural ranking of Asia's Richest Families.

They're worth a collective $27 billion, down from $41 billion last year.

Allegations of bribery and slush funds bring an abrupt end to Lee Hun-kee's two-decade reign at Korea's leading chaebol.

The country's very wealthiest are worth a collective $41 billion.

The country's very wealthiest are worth a collective $41 billion.

Lee Kun-hee is nonetheless indicted on accusations of tax evasion and breach of trust, in what is seen as a test case for the modernization of South Korean corporate governance.

Hong Ra-hee, who serves as a director of Leeum Samsung Museum of Art and has amassed a collection of contemporary art, is asked by prosecutors about alleged links to company funds.

Accusation that the conglomerate gave illegal donations to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will be investigated by independent probe.

South Korea is home to nine billionaires, up from six last year.

South Korea is home to nine billionaires, up from six last year.