[Power Korea] Samsung Electronics, the rise of a Korean star

The year 1969 was when Neil Armstrong made a great leap for humankind by setting foot on the moon. Kim Sou-hwan was anointed Korea’s first cardinal, while in Vietnam, revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh died. In the history of corporate Korea, 1969 marks the birth of one very conspicuous company: Samsung Electronics. As the flagship of Samsung Group, unarguably the most powerful industrial group in Korea, the company was founded more than three decades after Samsung Sanghoe ― literally translated a

IndustryJan. 7, 2013

[Power Korea] From Samsung Electric Industries to Samsung Electronics

The early products of Samsung Electric Industries were mostly simple electronic appliances, such as televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines. The first real expansion into high technology was marked by the 1974 acquisition of Korea Semiconductor, which was one of the first chipmakers in Korea. In 1980, Samsung acquired Korea Telecommunications.Technology took yet more turns for the better at breakneck pace following the decision made by the late Samsung founder in 1983 t

IndustryJan. 7, 2013

[Power Korea] Corporate Korea keeping the fires burning

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles titled Global Brand as part of the first installment of Power Korea. Korea’s success story is a 60-year-old tale written by not one, but many who worked to build one of the world’s most powerful nations from the ashes of war. This Global Brand series is designed to honor those who made this Korean Dream come true. This is the first part of the Global Brand series. ― Ed.South Korea’s rags-to-riches tale is an epic spanning some six decades, star

IndustryJan. 1, 2013