The Korean national flag is hoisted at CJ headquarters in Huam-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, capital of South Korea, Monday. Lee Maeng-hee, honorary chairman of CJ Group, the country's largest food and entertainment conglomerate, died on Aug. 14. He was 84. Lee, the elder brother of ailing Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and father of CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun, passed away while he was receiving treatment for lung cancer at a hospital in Beijing, China. Funerals will be held in Seoul on Aug. 20.
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