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Korea’s semiconductor future cannot be built on capital-centric thinking
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The debate over whether Korea’s leading semiconductor manufacturers should expand into the country’s southwestern region has exposed a deeper question…
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Semiconductor high schools become the new hot education ticket in Korea
Admission to a prestigious university is no longer seen as the only path to success for some students in South…
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Samsung Electronics overtakes Meta, Tesla to reach world’s No. 9 company
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Samsung Electronics’ market cap surpasses $1.32 tril.
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The market capitalization of top-cap Samsung Electronics surpassed 2 quadrillion won ($1.32 trillion) for the first time Monday, the bourse…
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Nvidia CEO’s visit to Korea stokes hopes on physical AI collaboration
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to visit Korea this week, stoking expectations over the artificial intelligence (AI) platform company’s…
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Samsung Electronics ships first 7th-gen HBM samples, combined market cap tops ₩2,000 trillion (~$1.4T+)
Samsung Electronics shipped the first samples of its 7th-generation HBM (high-bandwidth memory) — the next-gen chip standard that will sit…
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Samsung Electronics’ minority union to continue challenging wage deal at court
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A minority labor union at Samsung Electronics representing consumer electronics employees will continue its legal challenge against a recently reached…
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Samsung Union Approves Major Pay and Bonus Deal
Samsung Electronics union members voted to ratify a compensation deal on Wednesday, with about 74% of the roughly 62,600 participating…
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Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics vote to accept wage deal
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Samsung Electronics employees now score ‘almost like lawyers’ in Korea’s marriage market
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Samsung Electronics employees now score ‘almost like lawyers’ in Korea’s marriage market
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Employees at Samsung Electronics are reportedly seeing their value rise in Korea’s marriage market as the semiconductor boom fuels expectations…
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Samsung Electronics leads smartphone markets in S. America, Middle East, Southeast Asia in Q1
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Samsung Electronics topped the smartphone markets in Central and South America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in the first…
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Seoul stocks up late Friday morning after previous session’s rally
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Korean stocks traded higher late Friday morning, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors took a breather following the…
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Presidential office pledges active support for reasonable labor-management settlement
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The presidential office on Thursday pledged to provide active support for companies and labor unions to settle negotiations in a…
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Samsung Electronics Management and Labor Reach Dramatic Agreement on Incentives 1.5 Hrs Before Strike
Here is the English translation of the article: Samsung Electronics’ management and labor reached a dramatic agreement on improving the…
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Labor ministry says ‘too early’ to speak of using emergency arbitration powers against Samsung strike
in NewsThe labor ministry said Wednesday it is “too early” to speak of invoking emergency arbitration powers despite the breakdown of…
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[Breaking] Samsung Electronics union to launch strike after talks collapse
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Samsung Electronics’ Labor Union said Wednesday it would proceed with a general strike starting Thursday after last-minute government-mediated talks failed…
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KOSPI Whipsaws Before Closing Above 7,500 While Won-Dollar Rate Holds Above 1500
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On the afternoon of May 18, the won-dollar exchange rate and KOSPI figures were displayed on an electronic board at…
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Samsung Electronics, union resume wage talks as major strike nears
in NewsSamsung Electronics and its largest labor union resumed government-led wage mediation talks Monday in a last-ditch effort to avert a…
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Samsung Electronics, labor union fail to reach pay deal as strike looms
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Korean stock market rises to 6th largest in the world by market cap, overtaking Taiwan
Korea’s stock market, which has been on a sustained rally, is now the 6th largest in the world by market…
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Korea posts highest Q1 GDP growth among major economies, beating China and Indonesia
Korea’s Q1 2026 real GDP growth came in at 1.694%, the highest among the 22 countries that have released preliminary…
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Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI frenzy drives historic rally, lifting shares over 15%
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Samsung contemplates dropping TV, appliance biz in China
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Samsung Electronics is weighing a potential exit from its TV and home appliance sales business in China, as intensifying competition…
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Retail investors split over Samsung, SK hynix as KOSPI hits record high
in NewsPark, an office worker in his 30s living in Seoul, has been agonizing for days over whether to sell part…
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Despite chip rally, challenges ahead
in NewsKorean chipmaker SK hynix last week posted an unprecedented operating profit of 37.61 trillion won ($25.42 billion) for the first…
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Samsung’s historic surge and challenges to sustain it
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Samsung Electronics has delivered a quarterly performance that will be remembered as a watershed in corporate history. It posted its…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra sweeps European rankings
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Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S26 Ultra has claimed the top spot in Europe’s smartphone rankings, leading surveys across seven countries and…
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Samsung Electronics ends sales of Galaxy Z TriFold despite strong popularity
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Samsung Electronics has ended sales of the Galaxy Z TriFold, its high-end foldable smartphone, in South Korea despite strong demand,…
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Preorders for Galaxy S26 series hit 1.35 mil. in Korea
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Samsung Electronics said Friday preorders for its Galaxy S26 series smartphones in Korea reached 1.35 million, setting a new record…
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Samsung family celebrates son’s admission to Korea’s top university
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Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin attended the Seoul National University (SNU) entrance ceremony on Feb. 26 to celebrate the admission…
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Seoul shares sharply down late Friday morning on profit-taking
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Seoul shares extended losses late Friday morning as investors offloaded technology and other large-cap stocks to lock in profits. The…
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Supreme Court rules Samsung should count bonus in calculating severance pay
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Samsung Electronics should count bonuses as part of an employee’s average wage when using…
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President downplays US threat of 100% chip tariff
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President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday that Seoul does not take Washington’s recent threat to impose a 100 percent tariff…
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Samsung ranks No. 2 in global smartphone market in 2025
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Samsung Electronics ranked second in the global smartphone market in 2025, industry data showed Tuesday, with its shipments rising 5…
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