And South Korea's courts sentenced Kim woo Choong, a former boss of Daewoo, to ten years-despite his fleeing the country after the group collapsed.

They took huge risks and occasionally came to a brutal end, as was the case for Chung's longtime rival, Kim Woo-choong, who created and destroyed Daewoo.

The report follows earlier news that Malaysian badminton veteran Choong Tan Fook and Chinese Zhang Jiewen, the Athens Olympics doubles champion, obtained a marriage certificate this week.