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Samsung ranks No. 3 in global wireless headset shipments in 2019: data

Jan 15, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's top electronics firm, ranked third in global wireless headset shipments last year, industry data showed Wednesday, though it trailed far behind its rival Apple ...
Samsung ranks 2nd in 2019 US patent grants

Jan 15, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. took the No. 2 spot in US patent grants last year, industry data showed Wednesday. The world's top smartphone and memory chip maker, received 6,417 US patent grants in 2019, ...
Kia workers tentatively agree on revised wage offers

Jan 15, 2020

Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. have tentatively agreed on the company's revised offerings in wage negotiations for the year of 2019, the company said Wednesday. Last month, Kia and its union ...
Samsung Electronics to acquire US network service provider

Jan 14, 2020

Samsung announced Tuesday that it will acquire TeleWorld Solutions, a Virginia-based network service provider. TWS specializes in providing network designs, installations, testing and optimized solu...
New GS chairman asserts ‘innovation’ for 2020

Jan 14, 2020

GS Group Chairman Huh Tae-soo presented “innovation” as his first management keyword since taking office last month, with the aim of expanding an open innovation culture in the conglomerate, official...
Companies joining ‘W1tr club’ double in 2 decades

Jan 14, 2020

New entries have slowed since 2012
Hyundai E&C secures W870b deals from Qatar, Singapore

Jan 14, 2020

Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., a major South Korean builder, said Tuesday it has clinched orders worth a combined 870 billion won ($754 million) to build office buildings in Qatar and a sp...
LG joins hands with US firm for in-vehicle infotainment system

Jan 14, 2020

LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a partnership with US-based automotive voice recognition solutions provider Cerence Inc. to develop an in-vehicle infotainment system. Under the deal, ...
Samsung BioLogics’ CDO is lucrative strategy

Jan 13, 2020

'CDO business will bring 50% of CMO clients by 2035’
Manila-bound flights canceled due to volcanic eruption

Jan 13, 2020

South Korean air carriers canceled flights connecting Incheon and Manila following a volcanic eruption that covered areas of the Philippines with ashes, industry sources said Monday. Earlier in the ...
Hyundai Heavy Industries uses AI to create ‘smart’ vessels

Jan 13, 2020

Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said Monday that it had developed an optimal vessel operation system by equipping its generator-engine model with advanced information and...
[Monitor] Asset values of Samsung Electronics’ shareholders soar

Jan 13, 2020

Samsung Electronics’ share price has skyrocketed on the back of a rosy outlook for this year’s semiconductor business and revitalized smartphone market, giving a boost to the asset value of major sha...
Samsung’s top executives ink compliance pledge

Jan 13, 2020

Top executives of Samsung Electronics have vowed to abide by the law ahead of the launch of an in-house anti-corruption committee, officials said Monday. The firm’s three chief executives -- Kim Ki-...
KT&G Welfare sends 60 college volunteers to Cambodia, Myanmar

Jan 13, 2020

KT&G Welfare Foundation has sent a total of 60 college student volunteers to Cambodia and Myanmar to improve the educational environment in the countries, the tobacco company said Monday. KT&G said ...
Beauty firms, duty-free operators soar amid hopes for lifting of China sanctions

Jan 13, 2020

Major South Korean cosmetics and duty-free operators traded higher Monday amid hopes that China may lift its retaliatory economic measures under way for years against Seoul's decision to deploy a U.S...