Why batteries were left out of Samsung's huge investment plan
Citigroup Global Markets on Monday slashed its target price for Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three battery makers, by almost half and d...
GEPS taps Samsung Life's alternative investment head as CIO
Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) of South Korea has named Baek Joo-hyun, former alternative investment head at Samsung Life Insurance Co....
Samsung Eng. wins plant design deal from Texas LNG
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a deal to design a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, taking a step forward to secure a turnk...
Samsung in do-or-die race with $355 bn spending plan
"It's not a matter of numbers, but a matter of do or die for us."This is the first public remark from Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman and de f...
Childcare app Piloto aims to instill healthy device use
Childcare app operator Piloto won first place at the May startup demo event hosted by D.Camp. The startup accelerator’s parent company,...
Hankook Tire builds Asia’s largest proving ground for future car tires
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, said on Wednesday it has opened Asia’s largest proving ground to test t...
KT Cloud targets $792 million with new stock issuance
KT Cloud is working to raise 1 trillion won ($792 million) by issuing new shares. The cloud arm of telecom juggernaut KT Corp. plans to use the...
Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...
Samsung to invest $355 billion in chip, biotech, 6G over five years
South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung has unveiled a plan to invest 450 trillion won ($355 billion) over the next five years in strategic sec...
Samsung SDI, Stellantis pick Indiana for US EV battery plant
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. picked the state of...
Yoon, Biden highlight 'economic security alliance' following Samsung tour
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and visiting US President Joe Biden emphasized the two countries' iron-clad commitment to economic security all...
Korea may be backpedaling in semiconductor push: Lawmaker
A sudden surge in demand for semiconductors post-pandemic, coupled with a prolonged chip shortage, has forced policymakers worldwide to revisit poli...
Samsung to make mobile AP chip dedicated to Galaxy smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a mobile application processor chip, which will be used exclusively for its flagship Galaxy smartphone series ...
KB Asset buys Belgian office towers for $654 million
KB Asset Management Co., the investment arm of KB Financial Group in South Korea, said on Friday it has completed a 100% acquisition of North Galaxy...
Korea's top real estate managers bulk up assets in COVID-19
Real estate funds in South Korea have increased by 27% to 130 trillion won ($101.4 billion) from 102 trillion won over the past two years, accordi...
Samsung SDS takes smart logistics platform Cello Square to China
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit of Samsung Group, is taking its smart logistics platform, Cello Square, to China to offer l...
Samsung to join NuScale's SMR nuclear plant projects
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. will make its foray into the small modular reactor (SMR) market by joining the US-based NuScale Power in buildin...
Time for Samsung to get another Fukuda Report
Eight years ago today, the late Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee collapsed at his home following a heart attack, a harbinger of doom six years later...
Korea losing ground in semiconductor talent development
South Korea, home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, is losing ground for talent development in the semiconductor sector as fewer profe...
Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, has put forward global research on 6G service frequencies as it aims to take the lead in...
Samsung, SK Hynix scramble for talent amid a lack government support
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top memory chipmakers, are scrambling for semiconductor manpower in South Korea as the ...
Two unopened ways Samsung Elec. bolsters share prices
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s largest company by market capitalization, has tried to boost its recently battered share price -- espec...
Samsung wins US 5G equipment order from Dish Network
Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Dish Network Corp., a US wireless carrier in the middle of building a 5G n...
Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?
For years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been touted as the backbone of the South Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, under the government&rs...
Why Samsung is so far behind Apple
In October 2012, US tech giant Apple Inc. fired Dominique Oh, the head of its South Korean unit. This was due to Apple's sluggish sales in the home ...
Samsung Electronics shares rebound as foreigners turn net buyers
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the largest stock on South Korea’s main bourse, rose strongly on Friday, snapping a five-day losing streak,...
Samsung Asset to list blockchain ETF on Hong Kong Exchange
Samsung Asset Management Co. is slated to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) in the first half of this year, th...
Samsung’s stock underlines cloudy outlook despite record Q1
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. fell to a fresh 52-week low on Thursday despite posting record sales for the third consecutive quarter as investor...
Dongkuk buys 15% stake in Vietnamese steel fabricator
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s leading color-coated steel manufacturer, said on Wednesday it has acquired a 15% stake in VSSC Steel Cen...
SeAH to supply steel pipes for LNG export base in Qatar via Samsung
SeAH Steel Corp., the largest steel pipe manufacturer in South Korea, signed a contract on April 25 to offer Samsung C&T Corp. its stain...
