Why Samsung has the highest-paid CEOs

This is the second in a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's course in ...

Samsung Display, Asia's first to win Huawei supply permit

Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, has received a permit from the US to supply certain panels to Huawei Technologies Co....

Samsung shares jump on looming ownership reform

Shares in Samsung C&T Corp., in which Samsung Group’s owner family hold a 33.4% stake, leapt by as much as 21% in heavy trading on Oct. 26, ...

Samsung heirs’ $9 bn tax bill may lead to share sale, weak control

The three children and the wife of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, is expected to face inheritance taxes of ...

Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78

Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...

LG Chem gears up to supply new batteries to Tesla; shares surge

Shares of LG Chem Ltd. surged on Oct. 22 as investors snapped up the electric vehicle battery maker on Tesla Inc.’s record quarterly earnings, a...

Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee visits plants in Vietnam

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, currently in Vietnam, has toured its smartphone, TV and other electronics plants there, as the compa...

Samsung Biologics Jan-Sept profit beats entire 2019 gains

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in terms of capacity, posted an operating profit of 200.2 b...

LG Chem’s Q3 profit soars, battery earnings at record high

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. reported on Oct. 21 that its quarterly revenue and operating profit rose to all-time highs in the July-September peri...

Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee meets Vietnam's PM Phuc to discuss business ties

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee met with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Oct. 20 to discuss ways to strengthen bus...

Samsung overtakes Coca-Cola in brand value; highest among Asian firms

Samsung Electronics Co.’s global brand has risen to the highest ranking among Asian companies, as the South Korean tech giant overtook Coca-Cola...

Hyundai Glovis, Hyundai Motor, LG Chem get nod on EV battery recycling

The South Korean government has eased regulations to allow local automakers and battery makers to collaborate on recycling used electric-vehicle batte...

LG Chem to hold market lead with tenfold battery patents vs CATL: executive

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., which has heavily invested in research and development projects, says it will retain its market lead over close riva...

Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee embarks on Vietnam trip, may meet PM Phuc

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee is visiting Vietnam, where he is widely expected to meet Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to seek more...

Now Systems looks to metal detector market for EV batteries

Now Systems Co., a South Korean metal detector maker, is looking to enter the digital detection equipment market to check metals used in rechargeable ...

Top proxy adviser ISS approves of LG Chem’s battery spin-off

LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to spin off its promising battery business has won support from the world’s top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholde...

Glass Lewis recommends LG Chem investors approve battery spin-off

Leading proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that LG Chem Ltd. investors vote to approve the company’s plan to split off its battery busine...

Samsung Electronics embraces ESG for company assessment

South Korean companies are becoming more proactive in prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. In line with the ESG wave, Sa...

Samsung’s Lee hastens to Netherlands in intense rivalry with TSMC

On Oct. 8, the same day Samsung Electronics Co. surprised markets with forecast-beating quarterly earnings estimates, its Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fle...

Samsung Elec flags surprise Q3 profit; to reach 2-yr high on phones, Huawei

Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit likely jumped nearly 60% to its highest point in two years, smashing market expectations, thanks ...

Samsung Elec flags surprise Q3 profit; to reach 2-yr high on phones, Huawei

Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit likely jumped nearly 60% to its highest point in two years, smashing market expectations, thanks ...

Samsung beats TSMC to win new Qualcomm order to make mobile chips

Samsung Electronics Co. has clinched a deal with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to manufacture 5G-capable mobile application processors designed for mid-r...

China’s CATL poised to overtake LG Chem as top EV battery maker

Global competition for the world’s top spot for the manufacture of rechargeable batteries is getting fiercer as China is stepping up efforts to ...

LS Electric develops battery temperature sensor for ESS

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has developed a battery cell temperature sensor (BTS) that can monitor ...

Samsung creeps up on Apple in US online smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics Co. has sharply narrowed its gap with Apple Inc. in the US online smartphone market during the second quarter of this year to arri...

Tesla unveiling offers opportunity for Korean EV battery makers; shares down

Tesla Inc.’s announcement that it will adopt a new battery technology to significantly improve an electric vehicle’s range and power shoul...

Global IBs scurry to win IPO mandates for LG Chem’s battery business spin-off

Global investment banks are scrambling to win IPO mandates for LG Chem Ltd.’s battery business, which the South Korean company plans to hiv...

Tesla CEO's tweets allay concerns over EV battery supplies; LG Chem shares rise

Shares of LG Chem Ltd. rebounded on Sept. 22 from their shaky performance in the past few sessions, buoyed by Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk’...

SK Innovation’s battery arm secures $258 mn in pre-IPO placement

SK Innovation Co.’s wholly owned subsidiary SK IE Technology Co. (SK IET) is set to fetch 300 billion won ($257.6 million) in a pre-IPO placemen...

LG Chem says dual listing of battery subsidiary possible, rules out pre-IPO

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. may list its soon-to-be-launched battery subsidiary not just on the local bourse but also on overseas exchanges to ra...