Business
There are growing signs that Samsung is finally poised to make meaningful inroads in 5G, boosted by the confluence of rollouts across the world and intensifying pressure from governments of U.S. allies to block Huawei, the sector’s biggest player, from their networks.
Oct. 4, 2020
The company reaches nearly every aspect of South Korean life. And as a political bribery scandal unfolds, some people say it’s out of control.
Sept. 25, 2005
World & Nation
Special prosecutors also search the conglomerate’s headquarters as part of a corruption probe.
Jan. 15, 2008
South Korean prosecutors on Monday sought a warrant for the arrest of the Samsung Group’s de facto leader — one of the nation’s wealthiest and most-powerful executives — in a bribery case related to last month’s impeachment of the country’s president.
Jan. 15, 2017
The ambassador to the U.S. is accused of involvement in an alleged political slush fund involving Samsung Group in the 1990s.
July 26, 2005
Autos
* Workers at South Korea’s Samsung Motors Inc. have ended a two-month strike, paving the way for Daewoo Group to sign a deal to take over the loss-making car maker.
Feb. 15, 1999
Asia: Scandal aside, the conglomerate symbolizes the nation’s efforts to become more democratic and global-minded.
Jan. 14, 1996
Samsung Electronics has clinched a $6.6-billion deal with Verizon to help it build 5G networks in the U.S. -- the latest blow to Huawei.
Sept. 7, 2020
South Korea has been described as the “Republic of Samsung,” a play on the nation’s formal name, because of the business empire’s ubiquity in daily life here and its dominance in the national economy.
Aug. 25, 2017
Entertainment & Arts
The giant Samsung Group of Korea may become Hollywood’s next foreign buyer.
Dec. 6, 1990