Seoul, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ C-Lab, an in-house program run by the tech giant to develop new and creative projects, wrapped up a successful showing at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018) held in Las Vegas. C-Lab’s booth played host to over 10,000 interested visitors and fielded a large number of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Employees of South Korea’s two major semiconductor manufacturers are set to receive big bonuses this month for their strong performance last year amid the global boom for chip industries, industry sources said Friday. Samsung Electronics Co. workers in the semiconductor sector will receive annual bonuses, called the Overall Performance Incentive, amounting to up to 50 percent of their annual salary, on Jan. 31, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has sought exclusive trademark rights to Micro QLED and 8K QLED, a government agency said Thursday, a move that has sparked speculation over whether the South Korean tech giant could roll out a new television brand. Samsung Electronics applied earlier this month for the trademark rights [...]
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – On the outskirts of Los Angeles sits a white, rather nondescript building that is Samsung Electronics’ Audio Lab, an R&D center dedicated to fine-tuning the South Korean tech giant’s speakers into the world’s best. Though on January 12, there were a mere 23 employees found working in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Although growing semiconductor sales are powering record profits, the future of South Korea’s most famous conglomerate remains murky at best. In the face of the absence of the imprisoned Lee Jae-yong, who is seen as the de facto head of the Samsung group, and growing competition in the semiconductor industry [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter operating profit is expected to jump 63.8 percent on-year and is poised to set another record, apparently pushed up by the global boom in the chip industry. Operating profit was estimated at 15.1 trillion won (US$14.1 billion) in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Aside from “business”, “value”, “customer” and “innovation” were the keywords most commonly uttered by the leaders of South Korea’s top 10 conglomerates in their New Year’s addresses. Data provided by leadership assessment service CEOscore revealed that after “business”, which was uttered a leading 32 times, value, customer and innovation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Just a couple of days after the South Korean release of the global blockbuster “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, Samsung Electronics unveiled a pair of Star Wars-inspired products at the Hanam Starfield shopping complex on December 16. As part of the event, which took place at the Megabox movie [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it will start sales of a smartphone case exclusively designed for the flagship Galaxy Note 8 next week in South Korea. Samsung said if users place the Galaxy Note 8 inside the case, a special theme will automatically be applied to the smartphone, displaying [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean washers are receiving top-notch reviews from U.S. tech evaluators, industry watchers said Friday, amid actions being taken by Washington’s trade watchdog to slap tariffs on some products. U.S.-based industry tracker Reviewed said in its latest report that LG Electronics Inc.’s washer with the model name LG WM9000HVA [...]