President Lee meets with Samsung chief amid stalled US-Korea trade talks

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung met with Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Thursday amid growing speculation that Seoul may leve...

President Lee meets Hyundai, LG chiefs, promotes ‘one team’ approach

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held back-to-back meetings with the chairmen of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group this week to discuss global tr...

S.Korea’s most prominent business leader returns with all charges cleared

After nearly a decade spent fighting allegations of corporate wrongdoing, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been acquitted on all ch...

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...

Samsung supplies newest nanoprism image sensors to Xiaomi to crack Sony’s lead

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying a new high-performance image sensor featuring nanoprism technology to China’s Xiaomi, as the South Korean...

South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...

Samsung to launch AI health coach beta in US by end-2025

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. will roll out a beta version of AI-powered health coach within the Samsung Health application in the US by ...

Samsung to unveil 1st triple-folding smartphone by year’s end to rival Huawei’s Mate X2 Tri-Fold

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its first triple-folding smartphone by the end of this year to fend off growing competitio...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z foldables: Slimmest, lightest yet smarter with AI features

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled its slimmest and most powerful foldable smartphones yet, loading them with artificial intellig...

Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push

Samsung Electronics Co. will acquire Xealth, a US-based healthcare platform provider, as it steps up efforts to foster non-semiconductor businesses ...

Samsung’s Q2 operating profit halves amid sluggish chip sales

Samsung Electronics Co.'s operating profit in the second quarter missed market expectations, with a 56% on-year fall, as its mainstay semiconductor ...

Samsung Heavy Industries clinches $635 mn preliminary FLNG deal with African shipowner

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, has signed a preliminary agreement worth 869.4 billion won ($635 million) with an Af...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ plan to build plant in Mexico shelved amid Trump tariffs

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, has abandoned plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Mexico and ...

S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race

South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...

Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom

South Korea’s asset management industry posted stellar growth in the first half of 2025, buoyed by a 28% surge in the country’s benchmar...

Samsung's Q2 profit seen weaker, bottoming out in H2

Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to deliver weaker-than-expected results for the second quarter, with operating profit estimated to decline by more...

SK Hynix joins Samsung in 200 trillion won market cap club

SK Hynix Inc. surpassed 200 trillion won ($147 billion) in market capitalization on Tuesday, becoming the second Korean stock in history to cross th...

Samsung on hiring spree to bolster US foundry sales

Samsung Electronics Co. is on a hiring spree for senior sales managers in its foundry business, offering generous compensation packages, as it goes ...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Global memory chip markets, long weighed down by excess inventories and sagging demand, are showing early signs of a thaw.South Korea’s export...

S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, career technocrats

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday announced a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle, naming a mix of career technocrats, senior lawmakers and &mda...

SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals

SK Hynix Inc. has secured Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Inc. as key clients of its customized high-bandwidth memory (HBM), positioning ...

S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy

KANANASKIS, Canada – South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishi...

Samsung to thrash out strategy amid Trump, Middle East crisis

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company, is convening its most senior executives this week to plot its path back to the t...

US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit

A planned meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump was canceled on Monday after Trump unexpectedly left ...

S.Korea’s CDMO giant Samsung Biologics to offer CRO services

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will enter the contract research organization (CRO) market by leveraging its va...

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...

Samsung supplies HBM3E to AMD’s new accelerators

Samsung Electronics Co. has delivered the fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to a major AI chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), ...

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...

Micron set to supply SOCAMM chips to Nvidia ahead of Samsung, SK Hynix

In a move that could reshape the global memory industry’s competitive dynamics, Nvidia Corp. has chosen US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. as...

South Korea’s Lee, China’s Xi agree on closer ties, peace on peninsula

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen strategic ties and enhance coop...