Lee improving

By Kim Yoo-chul

Samsung Medical Center (SMC) Friday denied Lee Kun-hee is in a very critical condition.

"Chairman Lee is better," SMC President and CEO Yoon Soon-bong said at a briefing at the hospital in Suseo, southern Seoul. He is receiving intensive care.

"If rumors are true, I wouldn’t be here," said the executive.

Yoon said Lee remained unconscious.

A Samsung official told The Korea Times that the conglomerate is planning to take legal actions against rumormongers.