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Articles by Jie Ye-eun
Samsung Group celebrates low-key 85th anniversary
Technology
Mar 22, 2023
South Korea's largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, on Wednesday marked the 85th anniversary of its founding in a low-key manner. It is the first year that the big day has been celebrated following de facto leader Lee Jae-yong’s promotion to executive chairman of Samsung Electronics. Industry sources and Samsung officials said the group commemorated this year’s anniversary without organizing any ...
[Photo News] Saving energy in style
Technology
Mar 21, 2023
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled this year’s new Bespoke home appliances lineup at a press event in Seoul. Twenty-seven new products are expected to be launched in the first half of the year, coming equipped with artificial intelligence-based energy-saving features.
SK affiliates to boost expertise, inclusivity of boards
Industry
Mar 21, 2023
South Korea’s SK Group is bolstering the expertise and inclusivity of board directors across its affiliates by adding more females and current and former top executives to the boardroom as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance more responsible management. Ahead of their shareholders’ meetings later this month, the group said Tuesday its 12 key affiliates, including SK Inc., SK hynix, SK Telecom...
Samsung CEO hints at buyout of Rainbow Robotics
Technology
Mar 21, 2023
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and co-CEO Han Jong-hee said Tuesday that the tech giant was in talks to secure a greater stake in Rainbow Robotics, a local humanoid robotics company, in an apparent move to ramp up its presence in the burgeoning robotics market. At a press event held to introduce Samsung’s new Bespoke home appliances lineup in Seoul earlier in the day, Han noted that the compa...
Kakao suspends AI chatbot service due to 'massive' popularity
Technology
Mar 20, 2023
Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence technology research and development subsidiary of Kakao, said Monday it has temporarily suspended its generative AI-based chatbot service, within a day after its open beta release, due to technical glitches. At around 4 p.m. on Monday, Ddmm was unexpectedly closed after too many users flocked to try out the service. By the time Kakao had suspended the serv...
Samsung opens AI startup incubator in Gwangju
Industry
Mar 20, 2023
With the South Korean government’s goal to develop Gwangju into a global artificial intelligence-centered city, Samsung has chosen five local startups centering on related business for the first year of its new campus program. Other non-AI related firms were evaluated highly based on their technologies related to health care and materials and parts, Samsung officials said. “We believe that new i...
Samsung, SK hynix likely to suffer deficit in Q1 chip business
Industry
Mar 19, 2023
South Korea's leading semiconductor makers, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, are likely to post deficits of billions of won in the first quarter of this year amid weakening memory chip prices and higher inventories. Posing great challenges for the firms are accumulated substantial amounts of inventory and slowing consumer spending. According to Samsung’s regulatory filing to DART, the Financia...
[Photo News] Presidential couple in Tokyo
Foreign affairs
Mar 16, 2023
The luncheon event kicked off with the Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School choir singing South Korea's national anthem. Thursday's meeting was attended by 77 compatriots.
Tokyo lifts export curbs; Seoul withdraws WTO complaint
Economy
Mar 16, 2023
“With the lifting of export restrictions, when exporting three items from Japan to South Korea from now on, the required documents will be streamlined and the approval period will be shortened, thereby significantly alleviating the procedural burden and eliminating uncertainty for companies,” Industry Minister Lee Chang-yang said. “It will serve as a cornerstone for cooperation to stabilize the ...
SK Inc. seeks bigger footing in Southeast Asia’s car-sharing market
Industry
Mar 16, 2023
SK Inc., the investment arm of SK Group, said Thursday it will divest all of its 2.98 percent stake in Turo, the San Francisco-based car-sharing company, as it is looking to cement its leadership in the fast-growing mobility market in Southeast Asia. SK will sell its stake in Turo to Swiss-based venture capital firm G Squared, an existing shareholder, for $67.5 million. The transaction is expect...
LG Innotek CEO wins Gold Tower award
Industry
Mar 15, 2023
LG Innotek CEO Jeong Cheol-dong received the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit, the highest honor in the field awarded by the South Korean government, at the annual Trade Day ceremony Wednesday for his notable contribution to the national economy. Jeong was honored for his part in strengthening the competitiveness of the national industry by securing proprietary technologies in materi...
Samsung to spend W60tr for balanced growth in rural areas
Industry
Mar 15, 2023
Since Lee Jae-yong was crowned Samsung Electronics’ new executive chairman in October last year, the de facto leader has visited the group’s manufacturing facilities across regions, starting with Gwangju, to inspect production sites and emphasize “win-win cooperation” and revitalization of the local economy. He urged executives and staff members to create a “virtuous cycle of coexistence” by crea...
Apple Store to open near 'Samsung Town' in Gangnam
Industry
Mar 14, 2023
US tech behemoth Apple said Tuesday it will open its fifth retail store in South Korea later this month, expanding its presence in the country, home to its archrival Samsung Electronics. Named Apple Gangnam, the store will open near the Shinnonhyeon Subway Station in southern Seoul on March 31. The location is less than a kilometer away from three skyscrapers owned by Samsung Group. The three b...
Samsung Pay boosts ties with Naver, Kakao to cement payment leadership
Industry
Mar 13, 2023
In an apparent move to counter Apple Pay’s long-awaited debut this month, Samsung Pay is seeking a stronger alliance with local mobile payment providers to consolidate its digital payment service's dominant position at home. Samsung Electronics has been in discussion with Kakao’s payment leg Kakao Pay over a potential partnership deal, seeking business synergy between the two popular payment ser...
Samsung SDS renews vision for cloud leadership
Technology
Mar 12, 2023
South Korea’s IT services firm Samsung SDS on Friday unveiled a renewed vision for its burgeoning cloud business, touting itself as the nation’s only “hybrid” service provider that offers integrated hardware and software solutions for corporate clients. “Cloud computing itself is inherently complicated enough and it also covers a vast range of options now. We’d like to simplify the service for o...
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