Mar 4, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — Last week, the US and South Korean militaries launched their annual war-game ritual, the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises, which will last until April 18. On a peninsula divided for more than 60 years, the games have long been...
Feb 24, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — Call it the gasp heard round the world. Olympic fans were aghast when Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova took the figure skating gold medal over South Korean uber-star Kim Yuna. You could almost imagine the collective shock measuring on the Richter scale....
Feb 18, 2014 | Writing
SEOUL, South Korea — For the first time, the United Nations has formally accused North Korea of crimes against humanity. On Monday, a UN panel concluded a yearlong investigation into the regime’s human rights practices. The resulting 372-page report put forward...
Feb 13, 2014 | Writing
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...
Feb 13, 2014 | Writing
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...
Feb 13, 2014 | Writing
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. “Our leading businesses are...
