Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong (right), his mother Hong Ra-hee (center) and his sister Lee Boo-jin (left), president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla, arrive to attend a funeral ceremony of the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul on October 28, 2020. AFP PHOTO
The chaebols drove South Korea's transformation from war-ravaged ruin to the world's 12th-largest economy, but have long been accused of murky political ties and stifling competition.