SEOUL—The Samsung conglomerate’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, and four top lieutenants formally denied all charges against them as a South Korean court opened a trial into a corruption scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Prosecutors indicted Mr. Lee last month for bribery, embezzlement, perjury, hiding assets abroad and concealing profit gained from criminal acts. The four other Samsung executives...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 09, 2017 08:03 UTC