Lee Kun Hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. (Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The lives of the rich and famous are news fodder everywhere. But in South Korea it’s an expected death that has the country enthralled. The country’s wealthiest person, the 77-year-old chairman of tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., has been incapacitated since a 2014 heart attack, and the local press frequently speculates about his health: “He’s Breathing,” “Death Rumor,” “Who Has the Details?” In court t...