"The Supreme Court ruling clears a layer of legal uncertainty, which could be a long-term positive for Samsung," said Ryu Young-ho, a senior analyst at NH Investment & Securities.

South Korea on Thursday won its latest appeal in its dispute with U.S. hedge fund Elliott over the 2015 merger of two affiliates of Samsung, shortly after the electronics group's Chairman Jay Y. Lee ...

The Supreme Court of South Korea acquitted the head of the country’s tech giant, Samsung Electronics, on Thursday, resolving the last of a string of criminal charges and bringing the chairman’s years...