Members of Samsung's founding family and senior executives visited the family burial ground in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 23rd, two days before the sixth anniversary of the death of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
Samsung Electronics (005930) Chairman Jay Y. Lee returned from a business trip to the United Arab Emirates at about 6:37 a.m. that day and arrived at the burial site in a black sedan at around 8:40 a.m. Lee bowed twice before the grave and then bowed his head. He then took a cup of liquor and walked once around the grave, pouring the drink as a tribute to his father.
Samsung C&T (028260) President Lee Seo-hyun also visited the site at about 11:05 a.m. with her husband, International Skating Union President Kim Jae-youl, and paid her respects for roughly 15 minutes. Other family members, including Leeum Museum of Art Honorary Director Hong Ra-hee and Hotel Shilla (008770) President Lee Boo-jin, were expected to visit the burial ground later in the day.
About 50 chief executives of Samsung affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun and Samsung Electronics President Roh Tae-moon, also visited the site to honor the late chairman. After the visit, Chairman Lee and the executives were scheduled to travel to the Samsung Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, for lunch together.
A memorial concert marking the sixth anniversary will be held on the 28th at the concert hall of Samsung Electronics' human resources development center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.
Lee Kun-hee collapsed from a heart attack at his home in Seoul's Yongsan District in May 2014. He died on Oct. 25, 2020, at the age of 78, after about six years and five months of illness.
