South Korea's biggest company is in trouble once again.
Samsung Electronics' board chairman has been indicted in South Korea on charges of sabotaging a labor union, Bloomberg reports. Lee Sang-hoon and 27 employees are alleged to have busted a union within the company in 2013, back when Lee was the tech giant's CFO.
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