South Korea’s Top Court to Rule on Bribery Cases Tying Samsung Heir and Ex-President

South Korea’s highest court will rule on the separate, though intertwined, bribery cases of Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong and former President Park Geun-hye

SEOUL—South Korea’s Supreme Court will rule Thursday on cases involving Samsung’s de facto leader and the country’s imprisoned former president, two proceedings that intersect in a bribery scandal that shook the nation.

The country’s highest court will issue a ruling on the separate, though intertwined, cases of Lee Jae-yong, the 51-year-old grandson of Samsung’s founder, and former President Park Geun-hye, 67, the conservative daughter of a past dictator. Both face a variety of charges, though the central matter revolves...

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