Samsung to invest $15 bn in semiconductor R&D complex

Samsung to invest $15 bn in semiconductor R&D complex

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, plans to spend 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) by 2028 on an advanced semiconductor...

Samsung Group CEOs drum up support for Busan Expo 2030

Samsung Group CEOs drum up support for Busan Expo 2030

Samsung Group affiliates’ CEOs are working to bring the World Expo 2030 to Busan in South Korea using their overseas networks. Samsung Electro...

Samsung Biologics, Samsung C&T extends investment in US biotech firms

Samsung Biologics, Samsung C&T extends investment in US biotech firms

The Life Science Fund, jointly launched by Samsung Biologics and Samsung C&T Corp., announced Wednesday it invested $15 million in US biotech fi...

Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries

Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries

Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...

Samsung Elec. unveils Odyssey Ark, 55-inch curved gaming screen

Samsung Elec. unveils Odyssey Ark, 55-inch curved gaming screen

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced the global launch of Odyssey Ark, the world’s first 55-inch 1000R curved gaming screen. 100...

Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform

Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform

Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairm...

Samsung Electronics to announce plans to join RE100 Initiative

Samsung Electronics to announce plans to join RE100 Initiative

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, will soon join The Climate Group’s RE100 Initiative as the...

Samsung’s Lee reinstated; big moves in store for top conglomerate

Samsung’s Lee reinstated; big moves in store for top conglomerate

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s de facto leader, on Friday had his right to work restored, paving the way for big moves for South Korea’s ...

Exhibition: Samsung heir’s donation of Lee Jung-seob works

Exhibition: Samsung heir’s donation of Lee Jung-seob works

The late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee was an avid arts collector.Though the business magnate did not mention names, it was easy to guess who h...

Foldable smartphones will go mainstream at Samsung: Mobile chief

Foldable smartphones will go mainstream at Samsung: Mobile chief

NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has vowed to make foldable smartphones its mainstream products in the high-end segment, setting its sales t...

Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones

Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its fourth-generation foldable phones – new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and ...

Samsung Medical Center jobs global top 10 in robot-assisted surgeries

Samsung Medical Center jobs global top 10 in robot-assisted surgeries

Samsung Medical Center announced Tuesday that it performed more than 15,000 robot-assisted operations in the first of this year.  Last yea...

LG Elec. revives tablet business to target Korean edtech market 

LG Elec. revives tablet business to target Korean edtech market 

LG Electronics Inc. is going all in on South Korea’s distance learning market. For the first time in three years, the electronics giant h...

K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way

K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way

South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...

LG Elec. launches 'online playground' for Gram laptop users

LG Elec. launches 'online playground' for Gram laptop users

In a bid to bolster its fan base, LG Electronics Inc. has launched an online community dedicated to users of its LG Gram laptops. The digital s...

Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung

Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung

US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. applied for a consent order to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFT) in July against allegations that it forced Samsung E...

SK Hynix unveils world's first 238-layer NAND; Samsung SSD 20 times faster

SK Hynix unveils world's first 238-layer NAND; Samsung SSD 20 times faster

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are set to overtake their rivals in the industry’s...

S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance

S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance

August could mark a turning point for South Korea’s semiconductor industry.The country has been keeping tight-lipped on whether or not to join...

Samsung Elec. plans unmanned factories on manpower shortage

Samsung Elec. plans unmanned factories on manpower shortage

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is seeking unmanned factories in a move that other major South Korean manufacturers...

Samsung SDI in talks with multiple carmakers for 4680 type battery supply

Samsung SDI in talks with multiple carmakers for 4680 type battery supply

Samsung SDI Co., a major South Korean battery maker, said on Friday that it is in talks with multiple automakers around the world to supply a next-g...

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

Zigbang completes Samsung SDS home IoT takeover

Zigbang, a South Korean proptech startup that provides real estate search and transaction services, has completed the acquisition of Samsung SDS Co....

Chips, forex gains shore up Samsung's Q2 earnings

Chips, forex gains shore up Samsung's Q2 earnings

Samsung Electronics Co.’s second-quarter earnings remained steady compared to three months before, with robust memory chip sales for data cent...

Samsung to ramp up hiring for foundry business

Samsung to ramp up hiring for foundry business

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sharply increase the number of local employees in its semiconductor division this year to address tal...

Samsung Elec. celebrates world's first shipment of 3-nanometer chips 

Samsung Elec. celebrates world's first shipment of 3-nanometer chips 

Samsung Electronics Co. held a ceremony on Monday to celebrate its first shipment of 3-nanometer semiconductor chips, notching its lead in the race ...

Korean smartphone parts makers' stocks rebound in July

Korean smartphone parts makers' stocks rebound in July

South Korea’s smartphone parts makers' shares are showing signs of a rebound following a steady decline since early this year. China’s s...

Samsung presents Texas with $200 bn chip investment plan proposition

Samsung presents Texas with $200 bn chip investment plan proposition

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has presented a tax break proposal to the State of Texas as part of its plan to inv...

Samsung develops next-generation data storage device

Samsung develops next-generation data storage device

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled an upgraded data storage device that significantly reduces the computer processing time and energy cons...

Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025

Samsung SDI to build new battery plant in Malaysia by 2025

South Korea’s battery manufacturer Samsung SDI Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for Plant 2 to make cylindrical batteries in Seremban, Mal...

Samsung Biologics to double CDMO capacity with new plants worth $5.3 bn

Samsung Biologics to double CDMO capacity with new plants worth $5.3 bn

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, plans to double its manufacturing capacity by building four additional plants w...

Samsung Bioepis sees greater market for Byooviz eye disease biosimilar

Samsung Bioepis sees greater market for Byooviz eye disease biosimilar

NEW YORK – Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, is one step ahead of its rivals in t...

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