SEOUL, April 17, (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics retained its position as the global leader in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2025, according to multiple market research firms. However, a separate analysis based on sales volumes placed Apple in the top spot, raising questions about diverging metrics and the impact of U.S. trade [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone and personal computer makers are staying cautious as unpredictable U.S. tariff policies increase uncertainty around their future production strategies. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from country-specific reciprocal tariffs, including the 125 percent levies imposed on Chinese [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder by orders, said Tuesday it has received a 477.8 billion-won (US$325 million) order to build four oil carriers in the Oceania region. Samsung Heavy plans to deliver the four vessels in phases to an unidentified Oceanian shipper by December 2028, the [...]
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is a global pharmaceutical leader, harnessing our generics expertise and stepping up innovation to continue the momentum behind the discovery, delivery, and expanded development of modern medicine. (Image courtesy of Teva Pharmaceutical) EPYSQLI® (eculizumab-aagh) is now available to patients living with difficult-to-treat rare diseases like paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has declared the dawn of the true AI television era with the launch of its expansive 2025 TV lineup, designed to offer personalized, intelligent viewing experiences by understanding users’ preferences, intentions, and behaviors. At its annual “Unbox & Discover 2025” showcase held Monday at the Samsung Gangnam [...]
BEIJING, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK hynix Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kwak Noh-jung met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday with other global business leaders. The meeting was held at around 11 a.m. with CEOs from other global companies that participated in the China [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission announced on March 25 that it has partnered with Samsung Electronics and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to develop an artificial intelligence-based system for blocking malicious text messages, which will debut on the Galaxy S25 series. The new security feature will automatically filter [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management announced on March 26 that its KODEX AI Semiconductor ETF has exceeded 100 billion won in net assets, highlighting growing investor interest in semiconductor companies with ties to artificial intelligence. The exchange-traded fund focuses on domestic companies involved in AI semiconductor technologies, including high-bandwidth memory chips [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee has died of a heart attack, industry sources said Tuesday. He was 63. Han suffered a heart attack over the weekend and died while receiving treatment at a hospital, according to the sources. Born in 1962, Han was widely regarded as a [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In a high-stakes battle for dominance in artificial intelligence technology, major semiconductor manufacturers are racing to develop HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory chips crucial for advanced AI processors. The competition intensified on March 18 when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced at the company’s GTC 2025 developer conference [...]