Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong faces corruption verdict

SEOUL: The de facto chief of South Korea's business empire faces the verdict Monday in his retrial over a sprawling corruption scandal, a ruling that could see him jailed for years, depriving the tech giant of its top decision-maker. Officially, is vice-chairman of , the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, but he has effectively been at the head of the for several years after his father was left bedridden by a heart attack, finally dying...