FILE - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, on June 8, 2020. South Korea's president will pardon billionaire Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong a year after he was released on parole after serving 18 months in prison over his involvement in a massive corruption scandal that triggered waves of protests and toppled a presidency. The decision by President Yoon Suk Yeol was announced by his justice minister on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)