Samsung Electronics
Unbiased History & Stories on Korea for Global Audience
Sponsored by Open Korea Foundation
-
SemiFive, TeraView to raise up to $120 mn in Korea IPOs amid chip boom
(Courtesy of SemiFive) SemiFive Inc. and TeraView Holdings Plc, semiconductor-related companies backed by US and UK shareholders, are set to…
-
Who’s who of global corporate titans to gather in Gyeongju for APEC CEO Summit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (center) meets with Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee (left) and SK Chairman Chey Tae-won at the…
-
Samsung to invest $110 mn in Grail to bring early-cancer test to Asia
The Galleri® test (Screen captured from Grail website) Samsung Electronics Co. and Samsung C&T Corp. will invest $110 million in…
-
World’s first leveraged SK Hynix ETF debuts in Hong Kong
A leveraged exchange-traded fund tracking SK Hynix Inc. began trading in Hong Kong on Thursday, marking the world’s first such…
-
South Korea’s top business leaders likely to meet US President Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo (from left to…
-
Samsung to buy ASML’s most advanced lithography tools to rival TSMC
A EUV trainer explains the system to trainees at ASML Samsung Electronics Co., a leading memory chipmaker, is making a…
-
S.Korea to leap to Asia’s No.2 industrial gas market by 2035: Air Liquide
Air Liquide’s East Asia Pacific Cluster CEO Park Il-yong (Courtesy of Air Liquide) South Korea, home to the world’s top…
-
Samsung’s Android-powered XR headset to debut in October
▲ Invitation for Galaxy Event October 2025 | Samsung (Courtesy of Samsung) Samsung Electronics Co. will finally launch its long-awaited…
-
Samsung’s operating profit hits 3-year high in Q3 on AI-driven memory chip boom
Samsung Electronics Co. reported a much stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, which is also its biggest in three years, driven by a…
-
Kospi surges past 3,600 for 1st time in post-holiday catch-up rally
(Courtesy of Yonhap news) South Korea’s stock market extended its record-breaking run on Friday, surging past the 3,600-point mark for…
-
Foreign investors reap big rewards from bets on Korean chipmakers
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Foreign investors have emerged as the standout winners in South Korea’s equity market this year, as…
-
South Korean banks turn to India as post-China growth frontier
People inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus during rush hours in Mumbai, India (Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea’s top commercial banks…
-
Samsung, SK Hynix to enjoy major boon from OpenAI-AMD chip pact
Screenshot captured from OpenAI website Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are poised to ride a fresh wave of…
-
Samsung Asset retains top rank on Q3 asset league table with $71 bn ETF portfolio
Samsung Asset Management launches the world’s first US metaverse ETF on the Nasdaq in December 2021 South Korea’s asset management…
-
Korea Exchange to cut trading fees for 1st time in two decades as Kospi hits record high past 3,500
An official at Woori Bank’s forex dealing room in Seoul smiles as the Kospi breaks above the 3,500 mark to…
-
Samsung, SK Hynix join OpenAI’s $500 bn Stargate project with HBM supply pacts
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (left) shakes hands with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after signing a letter of intent (LOI)…
-
US confirms B-1 visa, ESTA use for Korean engineers after Georgia detention
South Korean and US officials discuss visa issuance for Koreans working in the US following the September detention of Korean…
-
Mirae Asset invests $110 mn in Perplexity AI at valuation of $20 bn
Aravind Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of Perplexity, speaks during a press conference about its collaboration with SK Telecom in September…
-
BlackRock nets 70% gain from Korean chip, financial stocks
The BlackRock logo is seen outside of its offices in New York City (Courtesy of Reuters via Yonhap) BlackRock Inc.…
-
Foreign holding in Samsung Electronics at 2025 highs, further upside seen
The Kospi index finished at 3,486.19 on Sept. 23, marking its highest closing level to date Foreign investors’ holding of…
-
AI boom ushers in memory supercycle; Samsung raises chip prices
Samsung’s LPDDR5X DRAM is optimal for on-device AI, cloud and automotive applications Samsung Electronics Co. has recently notified major clients…
-
Samsung clears Nvidia hurdle for 12-layer HBM3E supply, setting stage for HBM4 battle
A Samsung silicon wafer Samsung Electronics Co. has won long-awaited validation from Nvidia Corp. for its latest high-bandwidth memory, clearing…
-
Samsung leads conglomerates in entry-level hiring for future growth
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong (Left) shakes hands with Korean students participating the WorldSkills Lyon 2024 in France in…
-
LG Electronics expands voluntary retirement companywide
LG Group’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul LG Electronics Inc. is extending its voluntary retirement across the company, broadening it beyond…
-
Samsung, Coupang join fast-moving global stablecoin frontier
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Samsung and Coupang are jumping into the global stablecoin race, backing US firms building digital payment…
-
S.Korea poised to trail Taiwan in GDP per capita in 2025 for 1st time in 22 years
South Korea’s key exporters — Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and LG Electronics– suffer steep profit falls in the second quarter…
-
Detained Koreans return home; Raid likely to delay US battery plant by 3 months
An LG Energy Solution employee (man in center), who was detained in Georgia by U.S. immigration authorities, met with his…
-
JPMorgan, CLSA see Korean stocks most attractive amid Asian ‘Goldilocks rally’
The Kospi closes at a fresh record high on Sept. 11, 2025 South Korea’s equities market is undergoing what investors…
-
Korea’s Kospi hits historic high, with rally seen extending
The Kospi hits its historic high of 3,314.53 on September 10, 2025 South Korea’s benchmark stock index closed at a…
-
US likely to grant Samsung, SK Hynix conditional approval of chip equipment in China
SK Hynix’s memory chip production line in China The US government is considering allowing Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix…
-
Korea’s major US investment projects halted as detained LG Energy workers set for release
Construction equipment is parked in front of the Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution joint battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia, following the…
-
S.Korea rattled by detention of 560 workers at Hyundai-LG battery JV in sweeping US raid
Workers at the Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution battery JV in the US state of Georgia are raided and detained Up…
-
Whirlpool complains Samsung, LG rejigged product transfer prices to lower US tariffs
Whirlpool’s home appliances (Screenshot captured from its website) NEW YORK – Whirlpool Corp., the world’s top home appliances maker, has…
-
Foreign investors dump Samsung in August, buy Kakao and Hyundai Motor
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Foreign investors turned net sellers in South Korea’s stock market in August, offloading Samsung Electronics Co.,…
-
S.Korea’s US exports tumble in August as tariff shocks set in
Hyundai Motor vehicles for export are loaded onto a car carrier ship at a seaport in Ulsan, South Korea South…
-
Samsung, SK Hynix lose US waiver on chip equipment for China use
Samsung Electronics semiconductor factory in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China (File photo by Samsung) The US will make it harder for Samsung…
