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Samsung Heirs Pay 12 trillion Tax as Shares Surge

5/4/2026

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Lee Jae-yong Pays

The Samsung Lee family paid a 12 trillion KRW inheritance tax tied to late chairman Lee Kun-hee’s 26 trillion KRW estate.
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong’s mother sold roughly 15 million shares worth about £1.5 bn to meet the final installment.
Samsung Electronics shares rose 5.4% to close at 232,500 KRW, crossing the 230,000 KRW level for the first time.
The KOSPI closed at 6,936.9 points, up 5.1% and breaking the 6,900 mark for the first time.

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Lee Family Gives

Lee family donated 700 billion won to National Medical Center 2021, 500 billion won for Central Infectious Disease Hospital opening 2030, 300 billion won to Seoul National University Hospital, 150 billion won pediatric cancer, 60 billion won rare-disease care, 90 billion won research.
23,000 artworks valued up to 10 trillion won were transferred to museums, enabling 35 traveling shows that attracted 3.5 million visitors from 2021 to 2024 and toured Smithsonian November last year, Chicago’s Art Institute, British Museum exhibition slated October.

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Lee Jae-yong Pays

The Samsung Lee family paid a 12 trillion KRW inheritance tax tied to late chairman Lee Kun-hee’s 26 trillion KRW estate.
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong’s mother sold roughly 15 million shares worth about £1.5 bn to meet the final installment.
Samsung Electronics shares rose 5.4% to close at 232,500 KRW, crossing the 230,000 KRW level for the first time.
The KOSPI closed at 6,936.9 points, up 5.1% and breaking the 6,900 mark for the first time.

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