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Geoffrey Cain first arrived in South Korea in 2009, spending a lot of time in Uijeongbu and Yangju, two military towns north of Seoul. As a journalist, he was eager to get out of the city and cover life outside the capital; these gritty camp towns became a bed of coverage for his magazine writing at Time.
By Matthew Fennell
Asia Society
Sep 14, 2017
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior said on August 28, 2017 that it has opened an investigation into accusations spread in local pro-government media that American freelance journalist Geoffrey Cain is involved in a conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s elected administration, according to local language news reports.
CPJ
Aug 31, 2017
Government-aligned media outlet Fresh News, the recent epicenter of pro-government leaks and attacks against NGOs, media and the political opposition, has continued to publish anonymous accusations that CNRP President Kem Sokha and his daughters were in a “political wedding” to U.S. backers and foreign agents.
By Ben Paviour
The Cambodia Daily
Aug 28, 2017
Pressure is on Korean conglomerate to change after trial
“Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung, will probably get a presidential pardon and will be back at the company, promoted to chairman, in no time,” said Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on the Korean conglomerate.
By Bryan Harris
Financial Times
Aug 26, 2017
Author Geoffrey Cain discusses the trial of Samsung’s Jay Y Lee and what it means for South Korea’s Chaebols. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
Bloomberg Markets: Asia
Aug 25, 2017
You just need to walk down the streets of Seoul to see how entrenched Samsung is as part of Korean life. Samsung won’t do badly in the short-term, despite the jailing of its heir says Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on the Samsung empire.
By Karishma Vaswani
BBC
Aug 25, 2017
The Samsung conglomerate, known globally for its electronics and smartphones, is South Korea’s biggest and touches almost every aspect of South Korean life. Samsung encompasses more than 50 affiliates involved in life insurance, shipping, cars, construction, hospitals, hotels — even seeing-eye dogs.
By Elise Hu
NPR
Aug 25, 2017
Prosecutors have cast Lee Jae-yong, the heir to the Samsung empire, as a mastermind bent on breaking the law to protect his family’s wealth and power. They have accused him of paying $38 million in bribes to maintain control of Samsung without paying taxes.
By Amie Tsang
The New York Times
Aug 24, 2017
Company hopes to win back fans of high-end handsets after fire prone Note 7 “[The] most important thing is that while Samsung admitted to problems with its battery hardware and processes in the Note 7 . . . employees frequently tell me that Samsung hasn’t addressed a deeper issue, cultural reform,” said Geoffrey Cain, author of an upcoming book on the Korean conglomerate.
By Aliya Ram and Bryan Harris
Financial Times
Aug 24, 2017
Geoffrey Cain talks with Quartz about the future of Samsung as its leader faces trial for corruption.
By Josh Horwitz
Quartz
August 24, 2017
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Geoffrey Cain on Investigative Journalism, Authoritarian Power, and The Perfect Police State | In a wide-ranging conversation with Jennifer Grossman, CEO of The Atlas Society, investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain reflects on years spent reporting inside some of the world’s most restrictive regimes — and on the research behind his book The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.
For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.