Mystery of Samsung’s $100 Million “Yankee Bond”

SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung has not paid back US$100 million of US bonds and is still paying interest on them for 17 years since it issued the bonds in 1997, just before the Asian financial crisis in Korea.  Considering Samsung’s current cushy financial situation with more than 150 trillion won ($146.4 billion) [...]