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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a key subsidiary of Samsung Group, a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It is the largest South Korean chaebol. Other key subsidiaries include Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T.

Chairman / President

Lee Jae-yong

CEO / Managing Director

Han, Jong Hee

CFO / Finance Director

Park Hark Kyu

Industry

Electronics, Technology, Semiconductors

Website

samsung.com

Headquarters address

129 Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Stock Code

KRX:005930

Year founded

1969

Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen, China, is touted as the world’s biggest electronic market. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

Soaring prices, but shrinking demand as China’s memory chip market falters

China’s spot market for memory chips is surging on tight global supply, but Shenzhen vendors say sky-high quotes are scaring off buyers.

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Semiconductors

Samsung likely to flag 160% jump in Q4 profit as AI boom stokes chip prices

6 Jan 2026 - 11:50AM

Semiconductors

China’s top contract chipmakers pursue acquisitions amid self-sufficiency drive

2 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM

Semiconductors

US grants TSMC annual licence to import American chipmaking tools into China

The approval ‘ensures uninterrupted fab operations and product deliveries’, according to the world’s largest contract chipmaker.

1 Jan 2026 - 3:22PM

Washington has granted TSMC’s Nanjing operation an annual licence to import US chip manufacturing equipment into China. Photo: Shutterstock

Robotics

How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots

Materials expert Wang Wenbin founded PollyPolymer in 2017 and developed a mature 3D-printing technology for footwear two years later.

29 Dec 2025 - 10:02AM

Semiconductors

China’s CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

Prosecutors in Seoul indict 10 people, including ex-Samsung executives, for allegedly leaking the firm’s technology to memory chipmaker CXMT.

27 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM

Smartphones

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

25 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM

Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo

Artificial intelligence

Macroscope | Fears of an AI bubble in Asian stock markets are misplaced

The concentration risk so prevalent elsewhere is mitigated in Asia by a diverse equity landscape and the unique strengths in China.

18 Dec 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Huawei

Huawei’s Kirin 9030 processor shows China’s chip progress despite US curbs

Despite ‘meaningful density improvements’ in its N+3 process, SMIC’s capabilities are still behind leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung.

15 Dec 2025 - 10:25PM

Technology

Opinion | Does AI’s rise have to mean job losses? East Asia tells a different story

Studies from Vietnam to South Korea show AI adoption has not cannibalised jobs. Instead of simple mechanisation, economies are synergising.

7 Dec 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

The automated Seres Super Factory fpr electric vehicles in Liangjiang New Area, southwest China’s Chongqing, on September 19. Photo: Xinhua

South Korea

‘Real pride’: Korean-American mums envy of Samsung heir’s exam success

A social media user lauded Lee Boo-jin for raising her son in South Korea and hoped the result would help local education ‘stand tall again’.

5 Dec 2025 - 3:04PMvideocam

South Korean students wait for the start of the annual college entrance exam in Seoul on November 13. Photo: AFP

Smartphones

Samsung unveils its first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up

The launch of the Galaxy Z TriFold marks Samsung’s bid to reinforce its footing in a segment where Chinese rivals have been gaining ground.

2 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM

Semiconductors

China’s CXMT challenges Samsung, SK Hynix with cutting-edge DDR5 AI memory chips

CXMT’s new DDR5 chips reached speeds of up to 8,000 megabits per second and had a maximum die capacity of 24 gigabits.

24 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM

South Korea

Apple of their eye: why South Korea’s Gen Z want American brands

A recent poll found most South Koreans in their twenties used an iPhone. The US is still seen as aspirational, despite recent frictions.

23 Nov 2025 - 8:00AM

A woman looks at an Apple iPhone at a shop in Seoul. Photo: AFP

South Korea

Macroscope | South Korea’s challenges a taste of what’s to come for global economy

While South Korea has been a big beneficiary of the AI boom, the surge is also highlighting its domestic and geopolitical vulnerabilities.

20 Nov 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

A cyclist rides past residential buildings in Seoul on November 11. Flat prices in the capital increased at the sharpest pace since 2018 last month while rents rose at the fastest clip on record. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

‘Too early to leave the party’: fund managers say AI stock boom still has room to run

Bubble fears are mounting as Nvidia and the ‘Magnificent Seven’ dominate index gains, but market bulls are betting the rally still has legs.

19 Nov 2025 - 1:39PM

Motorola

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18 Nov 2025 - 4:15PM

South Korea

Samsung, Hyundai announce US$310 billion domestic investment plans

South Korean manufacturers unveiled investments for the next five years as a US trade deal raised concerns of weakening manufacturing at home.

16 Nov 2025 - 6:28PM

South Korea

Political marriages no longer priority for South Korea’s chaebol scions: report

A new report finds elite business heirs are increasingly avoiding political unions as scrutiny grows and reputational risks rise.

13 Nov 2025 - 3:42PMvideocam

South Korea

Frenzy over Seoul eatery table used by Nvidia CEO prompts time limit

The fried chicken restaurant now limits the use of Huang’s table to one hour as diners flock to the spot even before opening hours.

5 Nov 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

Smartphones

Xiaomi’s credentials get a boost as Beijing picks smartphones as state gift

The gesture reflects Xiaomi’s growing status as a symbol of China’s technological ambitions, analysts say.

4 Nov 2025 - 9:46AMvideocam

South Korea’s President, Lee Jae-myung, taps the box of one of the Xiaomi smartphones presented as gifts by Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, during their meeting on November 1, as their respective interpreters look on. Photo: AFP

Asia housing and property

The View | Why South Korea’s house prices continue to be out of control

Alarmist talk from the South Korean president, following three rounds of cooling measures, is not inspiring confidence.

3 Nov 2025 - 5:40PMvideocam

A view of Seoul from Lotte World Tower on September 5. Photo: Xinhua

Artificial intelligence

Trump says Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip not for ‘other people’

The possibility that Blackwell chips might be sold to Chinese firms has drawn criticism from China hawks in Washington.

3 Nov 2025 - 11:06AM

South Korea

Nvidia, Samsung chiefs bond over Korean fried chicken, lifting snack stocks

Jensen Huang also met Hyundai boss Chung Eui-sun at a restaurant and handed out chicken to onlookers gathered outside.

31 Oct 2025 - 2:47PMvideocam

Semiconductors

CXMT begins producing advanced LPDDR5X memory chips as China narrows tech gap

Mass production of LPDDR5X DRAM reflects the firm’s growing capabilities as it prepares for a Shanghai IPO amid intensifying competition.

30 Oct 2025 - 6:58PM

The die is cast: CXMT’s LPDDR5X rollout marks China’s latest advance in high-speed memory chips. Photo: Handout

Semiconductors

Samsung’s chip profit soars after AI fuels demand for memory

South Korea’s largest company has been trying to recover from a series of missteps that allowed SK Hynix to seize the lead in memory.

30 Oct 2025 - 11:24AM

China technology

Editorial | In case of Nexperia, Dutch cure is proving to be worse than the disease

In seizing control of the Chinese-owned chipmaker, the Dutch government has triggered the kind of supply chain disruptions it apparently wanted to avoid.

26 Oct 2025 - 7:15AM

Apple

Apple hits snags in development of foldable iPad with 18-inch screen

Engineering challenges tied to weight, features and display technology push the new iPad’s potential debut to 2029 or later, sources say.

22 Oct 2025 - 3:02PM

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Samsung Electronics

Soaring prices, but shrinking demand as China’s memory chip market falters

China’s spot market for memory chips is surging on tight global supply, but Shenzhen vendors say sky-high quotes are scaring off buyers.

Samsung likely to flag 160% jump in Q4 profit as AI boom stokes chip prices

China’s top contract chipmakers pursue acquisitions amid self-sufficiency drive

US grants TSMC annual licence to import American chipmaking tools into China

The approval ‘ensures uninterrupted fab operations and product deliveries’, according to the world’s largest contract chipmaker.

How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots

Materials expert Wang Wenbin founded PollyPolymer in 2017 and developed a mature 3D-printing technology for footwear two years later.

China’s CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

Prosecutors in Seoul indict 10 people, including ex-Samsung executives, for allegedly leaking the firm’s technology to memory chipmaker CXMT.

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Macroscope | Fears of an AI bubble in Asian stock markets are misplaced

The concentration risk so prevalent elsewhere is mitigated in Asia by a diverse equity landscape and the unique strengths in China.

Huawei’s Kirin 9030 processor shows China’s chip progress despite US curbs

Despite ‘meaningful density improvements’ in its N+3 process, SMIC’s capabilities are still behind leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung.

Opinion | Does AI’s rise have to mean job losses? East Asia tells a different story

Studies from Vietnam to South Korea show AI adoption has not cannibalised jobs. Instead of simple mechanisation, economies are synergising.

‘Real pride’: Korean-American mums envy of Samsung heir’s exam success

A social media user lauded Lee Boo-jin for raising her son in South Korea and hoped the result would help local education ‘stand tall again’.

Samsung unveils its first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up

The launch of the Galaxy Z TriFold marks Samsung’s bid to reinforce its footing in a segment where Chinese rivals have been gaining ground.

China’s CXMT challenges Samsung, SK Hynix with cutting-edge DDR5 AI memory chips

CXMT’s new DDR5 chips reached speeds of up to 8,000 megabits per second and had a maximum die capacity of 24 gigabits.

Apple of their eye: why South Korea’s Gen Z want American brands

A recent poll found most South Koreans in their twenties used an iPhone. The US is still seen as aspirational, despite recent frictions.

Macroscope | South Korea’s challenges a taste of what’s to come for global economy

While South Korea has been a big beneficiary of the AI boom, the surge is also highlighting its domestic and geopolitical vulnerabilities.

‘Too early to leave the party’: fund managers say AI stock boom still has room to run

Bubble fears are mounting as Nvidia and the ‘Magnificent Seven’ dominate index gains, but market bulls are betting the rally still has legs.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Review | Motorola’s ultra-slim Edge 70 takes on iPhone Air, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge

Motorola’s Edge 70 is expected to be much cheaper than its main ultra-thin competitors, but how does it compare? We give it a spin.

Samsung, Hyundai announce US$310 billion domestic investment plans

South Korean manufacturers unveiled investments for the next five years as a US trade deal raised concerns of weakening manufacturing at home.

Political marriages no longer priority for South Korea’s chaebol scions: report

A new report finds elite business heirs are increasingly avoiding political unions as scrutiny grows and reputational risks rise.

Frenzy over Seoul eatery table used by Nvidia CEO prompts time limit

The fried chicken restaurant now limits the use of Huang’s table to one hour as diners flock to the spot even before opening hours.

Xiaomi’s credentials get a boost as Beijing picks smartphones as state gift

The gesture reflects Xiaomi’s growing status as a symbol of China’s technological ambitions, analysts say.

The View | Why South Korea’s house prices continue to be out of control

Alarmist talk from the South Korean president, following three rounds of cooling measures, is not inspiring confidence.

Trump says Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip not for ‘other people’

The possibility that Blackwell chips might be sold to Chinese firms has drawn criticism from China hawks in Washington.

Nvidia, Samsung chiefs bond over Korean fried chicken, lifting snack stocks

Jensen Huang also met Hyundai boss Chung Eui-sun at a restaurant and handed out chicken to onlookers gathered outside.

CXMT begins producing advanced LPDDR5X memory chips as China narrows tech gap

Mass production of LPDDR5X DRAM reflects the firm’s growing capabilities as it prepares for a Shanghai IPO amid intensifying competition.

Samsung’s chip profit soars after AI fuels demand for memory

South Korea’s largest company has been trying to recover from a series of missteps that allowed SK Hynix to seize the lead in memory.

Editorial | In case of Nexperia, Dutch cure is proving to be worse than the disease

In seizing control of the Chinese-owned chipmaker, the Dutch government has triggered the kind of supply chain disruptions it apparently wanted to avoid.

Apple hits snags in development of foldable iPad with 18-inch screen

Engineering challenges tied to weight, features and display technology push the new iPad’s potential debut to 2029 or later, sources say.

Macroscope | Fears of an AI bubble in Asian stock markets are misplaced

Review | Motorola’s ultra-slim Edge 70 takes on iPhone Air, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge