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Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee died today (25th) morning.
Born in 1942, I am 78 years old.
Since I collapsed six years ago, I have been treated in the hospital all the time, but I couldn't get over the disease.
Let’s start with today’s news with intensive analysis of this news.
First, reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee passed away this morning at Samsung Medical Center.
I am 78 years old.
On the night of May 10, 2014, the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee suffered an acute myocardial infarction at his home in Itaewon, Seoul, and was resuscitated after receiving CPR at the hospital.
Since then, I have undergone a stent treatment to expand blood vessels at Samsung Medical Center and undergo self-breathing and rehabilitation treatment, but in the end I could not get up from the bed.
It is said that his wife, Mrs. Hong Ra-hee and Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, visited the hospital the day before when they heard the news that President Lee's condition was serious and watched his death together.
Born in 1942 as the third son of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-cheol, the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee was the second chairman of the Samsung Group in 1987 when he was 45 years old and led the group.
[Lee Kun-hee/Samsung Chairman (December 1987): Through future-oriented and challenging management, we will grow Samsung into a world-class top-notch company until the 1990s.] In the
semiconductor and mobile sectors, Samsung will be promoted through aggressive investment and quality management. Has been raised.
In 2006, it surpassed Sony in Japan and ranked first in the global TV market, ranking first in more than 20 items including memory semiconductors.
According to the will of the deceased and the bereaved family, Samsung said the funeral will be held as a family head, and that the birth is due on the 28th.
(Video coverage: Gong Jin-gu, video editing: Choi Hye-young)