Samsung, Hyundai, others to rejoin South Korea's top business lobby

Group vows to prevent repeat of 2016 bribery scandal under new name and leader

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South Korea's top conglomerates had exited the Federation of Korean Industries following a 2016 scandal. © Reuters

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung, Hyundai, SK and LG are returning to a controversial business lobby tainted by an influence-peddling scandal under then-President Park Geun-hye in the mid-2010s.

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