LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday brought attention to its efforts to make connected and sustainable homes a future way of life. During a press conference held a day before the official opening of the annual CES in Las Vegas, the South Korean tech giant shared its vision to create [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — There were few big surprises and eye-popping innovations at Samsung Electronics’ media events Tuesday, where its latest home gadgets were on full display ahead of the opening of CES 2023. To be fair, the South Korean tech giant did upgrade existing home appliances with new features, aimed at making [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced Thursday a plan to showcase artworks using its lifestyle TV The Frame at the 2022 Union Art Fair, which is currently being held at Seoul Auction’s Gangnam Center in Seoul. This year marks the seventh anniversary of the Union Art Fair, which is a direct [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday held an opening ceremony for a research and development center in Vietnam, in what the tech giant said is the largest such facility in the Southeast Asian country set up by a foreign firm. “I expect the R&D center to contribute to Vietnam’s industrial [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The performance-based bonuses that Samsung Electronics Co. paid to its employees declined sharply in second-half of this year amid weaker than expected sales resulting from the economic slump, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung unveiled what it calls target achievement incentives (TAI) based on its workers’ performance, which could be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will present its vision for “sustainable innovation” at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month, its top executive said Thursday, continuing its focus on developing products that are both highly connected and sustainable. As a major technology company, “Samsung Electronics has a responsibility to establish an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min, captain of the South Korean men’s national football team, was presented with a limited-edition smartphone by Samsung Electronics Co. Son, a well-known iPhone user, posted on Instagram photos of the Galaxy Z Flip 4 Maison Margiela Edition that Samsung gave him as a gift. The photo included [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphone brand Galaxy has been chosen as South Korea’s best brand for the 12th consecutive year, a survey showed Monday. The Galaxy phone earned a brand index reading of 937.6 points out of a possible 1,000 points, according to the survey by Brandstock, a South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it is working with internet portal giant Naver Corp. to develop next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as part of efforts to improve efficiency of processing large AI data. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, said its cooperation with Naver will create great synergies [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday promoted a female executive to the president of global marketing for its mobile business, in the first move to tap a female talent, not from its founding family, for the top post. Lee Young-hee was promoted to the president of the Global Marketing Center [...]