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...country at large, these titans of industry, though often distrusted, are lauded as the men who transformed an impoverished backwater into a modern nation with the world's 13th largest economy. This week, however, one of the most powerful fell from his pedestal. Lee Kun Hee, 66, the chairman of Samsung Electronics, shocked South Korea by resigning after being indicted for tax evasion and breach of trust...
...Hee, 66, stepped down after being indicted last week on charges of tax evasion and breach of fiduciary trust. Lee's son also resigned from his post at the company. "I have regrets," Lee said in a brief televised address broadcast on national TV. "But I think this is time for me to leave, taking all the mistakes of the past with me." Lee said he would "take full responsibility, both moral and legal...
...Staff writer Hee Kwon Seo can be reached at hkseo@fas.harvard.edu
...Staff writer Gabriel J. Daly can be reached at gdaly@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Hee Kwon Seo can be reached at hkseo@fas.harvard.edu...
...that Japan, another country with many historical wooden structures, has numerous measures in place to protect its national treasures, including sophisticated sprinkler systems. But money is an issue: Korea's preservation efforts are underfunded and "not enough attended to," says David Mason, a professor of Korean Tourism at Kyung Hee University. And low overall rates of vandalism in Korea could contribute to a sense of complacency over protecting its cultural sites. "Teenagers aren't brought up to see vandalism as cool form of self expression," Mason says, "and adults would never damage their ancestors' legacy without cause...