For many South Koreans, the dominance of Samsung is reminiscent of the country’s feudal dynasties. The comparison is not so outlandish: from hereditary rulers to a court of scheming mandarins, Samsung in many ways represents a modern Korean empire. And at the heart of...

Full Show: Bloomberg Technology (02/16) Full episode of "Bloomberg Technology." Guests include: Author Geoffrey Cain, David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy's chief executive officer, and Dave Vasen, founder and chief executive officer of Brightwheel. (Source: Bloomberg)

What Jay Y. Lee Arrest Means for Samsung Author Geoffrey Cain and David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy's chief executive officer, discuss the arrest of billionaire heir to Samsung Lee Jae-yong for bribery allegations and other charges related to a corruption scandal. They...

How Unprecedented Is the Arrest of Jay Y. Lee? Author and Journalist Geoffrey Cain weighs in on the arrest of billionaire heir to Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, for bribery allegations and other charges related to a corruption scandal. Cain speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."...

https://qz.com/1060318/samsung-verdict-the-possible-outcomes-for-south-korean-chaebol-heir-lee-jae-yong-in-his-bribery-trial/ Quartz - Josh Horwitz, January 23, 2017   Geoffrey Cain talks about Samsung's test results that attempt to explain the combusting Galaxy...

Court Turns Down Request to Arrest Samsung's Lee A court in South Korea turned down prosecutors’ request to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y. Lee on alleged bribery, perjury and embezzlement, letting him stay in place atop the country’s most powerful company while they...

https://qz.com/1060318/samsung-verdict-the-possible-outcomes-for-south-korean-chaebol-heir-lee-jae-yong-in-his-bribery-trial/ Quartz - Josh Horwitz, January 18, 2017   [Samsung Vice Chairman] Jay Y. Lee is in a vulnerable position," Cain says. "The cross...

HONG KONG — Samsung, the giant maker of products as varied as cargo ships and smartphones, is one of the driving forces of the South Korean economy. Now, the fate of its leadership could be tied to the sprawling investigation of a corruption scandal involving the...

It's the most pressing problem, but fire-prone phones aren't the only challenge facing the world's leading seller of mobile phones. In Samsung's home country of South Korea, the conglomerate was already feeling the heat from investors, who want to streamline its...

Now that Samsung's Galaxy Note 7s have caught fire even after the phone-maker said it had changed battery suppliers, and the real cause of overheating remains a mystery, the Korean tech giant is facing new questions about its transparency throughout the recall...