00:00South Korea's highest court has upheld a not guilty verdict for Samsung Electronics
00:05Chair J.Y. Lee in a long-running legal case.
00:10Lee was tried for stock manipulation and accounting fraud related to a merger of Samsung affiliates
00:16in 2015.
00:17He was found not guilty by two lower court rulings.
00:20South Korea's business community has welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict.
00:24A leading industry group said it will help the country's economy at a time of trade
00:29tensions with the U.S.
00:30South Korea was hit with 25% tariffs earlier this month.
Comments