SEOUL — Long before the rise of smartphones, Samsung was known for supplying parts to companies such as Apple and Sony. Today Samsung plays an indispensable role in the global supply chain for phones, refrigerators and TVs thanks to its talent for producing components invisible to most consumers.
By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review
Feb 13, 2014
SEOUL — The Samsung Group is most widely known these days for its smartphones, which have been outselling those of any other company. But the South Korean technology giant has also been quietly winning business building the telecommunications networks used for its phones as well as those of its competitors.
By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review
Feb 13, 2014
SEOUL — Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics and head of the Samsung Group, is working to instill a sense of crisis in his companies’ ranks, urging staff to shed old ways and help Samsung reinvent itself.
By Geoffrey Cain
Nikkei Asia Review
Feb 13, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Weddings here are not just huge American-style parties. They’re lavish, anxiety-inducing celebrations. They’re even sometimes used for nefarious purposes, such as influence peddling.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Feb 10, 2014
SEOUL — Dennis Rodman’s birthday serenade for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and his drunken defense of the spectacle on CNN, drew no shortage of virulent mud-slingers.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Feb 7, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — On Sunday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that “all relatives of Jang [Song Taek]” — including children and the ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia — have been put to death at the orders of the generalissimo.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 27, 2014
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In the Canadia Industrial Park, factories are mostly back in operation, bustling to fulfill orders for major Western labels. There are few signs of the brutal crackdown that recently afflicted this complex on the Cambodian capital’s southern outskirts.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 17, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — In a country dominated by sprawling conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai, young graduates typically covet a ticket to corporate power and affluence.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 9, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Read South Korea’s 1948 National Security Act and you can glean a picture of the perilous era during which it was written.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 7, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — After a week or two in the South Korean capital of Seoul, newcomers often harbor extreme views on the city. They either love it or absolutely despise it.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jan 3, 2014
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