SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics on Tuesday pledged a US$500,000 donation to a U.S. charity organization for veterans and military families. The commitment to the Fisher House Foundation is the latest in a series of donations that the South Korean electronics giant has made in the U.S. for veterans and their families [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics has taken first place for the second time in a row in an Italian survey on customer satisfaction of home electronics conducted by ‘Corriere della Sera’, Italy’s best-selling daily newspaper. Corriere della Sera conducted a survey on 20,000 consumers asking them how satisfied they were with the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s top two tech firms, said Wednesday that they have garnered international awards for some of their latest home appliances, mobile devices and memory chips. Samsung won the Best of Innovation award for a total of 38 products, including the most [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Group’s governance structure has been simplified by a series of mergers and asset sales, industry watchers said Monday, with the owner family solidifying its grip over the country’s No. 1 conglomerate. Samsung C&T Corp. was created in September as the group’s holding firm, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. showcased two Android-powered budget smartphones in India on Tuesday, in line with its efforts to solidify its presence in the South Asian country. The smartphones, the Galaxy On5 and On7, will come with a price tag of 8,990 Indian rupees (US$137.2) and 10,990 Indian rupees respectively, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The combined aggregate value of affiliates belonging to Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest family-run conglomerate, surged 38 trillion won (US$33.3 billion) in the past month, helped by so-called earning surprises in the third quarter, market data showed Sunday. According to market researcher FN Guide, six out of 11 listed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung group held a showcase of their third web-drama, called ‘Fall in Challenge’, on October 26. After the screening of the highlights of the drama, a press conference took place. XIUMIN from EXO and Kim So-eun, the heroes of the show, were present, along with the director, Lee Hyung-min. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – While Indian media have reported that the local subsidiary of Samsung Electronics will be reducing its number of employees by five percent, the tech giant has responded that it is actually looking to hire more employees. The Indian Daily Economic Times reported that the Indian corporate body of Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. trumped rivals in the global smartphone market in the third quarter, while its annual sales are likely to drop on-year largely due to stiffer competition from Chinese makers, a report said Wednesday. Samsung, the world’s top smartphone maker, retained its top spot [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDI Co. and LG Chem Co., South Korea’s two major battery makers, are expanding their product portfolios into flexible cells for wearable devices, a move seen to meet increasing global demand for bendable gadgets such as smartwatches. The two battery-making units of Samsung Group and LG Group said [...]