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Samsung's founding Lee family completed a record 12 trillion won ($8 billion) inheritance tax payment in May 2026, five years after the death of Chairman Lee Kun-hee. Despite the massive tax burden — paid in six installments through share sales, dividends, and personal loans — Chairman Lee Jae-yong increased his stakes in key Samsung affiliates, while South Korea's National Assembly passed governance reforms that could reshape chaebol power for the next generation.