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