https://qz.com/1060318/samsung-verdict-the-possible-outcomes-for-south-korean-chaebol-heir-lee-jae-yong-in-his-bribery-trial/ Quartz - Isabella Steger, October 17, 2016   Geoffrey Cain says that South Korean President Park Geun-hye has turned out to be "less...

Seoul As fall rolls around, hundreds of thousands of young people will prepare to take exams that could give them a shot at getting a job at one of South Korea’s biggest conglomerates, or chaebols. For recent university graduates like 24-year-old Moon Ye-won, the...

Geoffrey Cain tells the story of one of the world's most enigmatic business leaders: Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Group. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z2j37

Samsung vient de suspendre la production de son Galaxy Note7, le dernier modèle de sa gamme emblématique de smartphones. Et pour cause : en raison d’un défaut de batteries, certains appareils surchauffent et prennent feu. Près de 2,5 millions de téléphones avaient été...

Über Samsungs Aufstieg zum Weltmarktführer für Handys gibt es viele Legenden. Eine davon sagt besonders viel über die Firmenkultur des südkoreanischen IT-Riesen aus - und auch etwas darüber, wie es zu dem Desaster mit den explodierenden Akkus des Samsung-Handys Galaxy...

Lotte is for many South Koreans and Japanese as lamblike a brand as Disney, but behind the amusements parks and cinemas lies a Machiavellian political saga that reads more like a scene from Game of Thrones than The Aristocats. “The tragedy at Lotte is an old story,”...

A white beam lit up the wall above my head and I gathered the faux-fur covers around my shoulders and edged towards the window. It was cold in my compartment and the air held the sour dankness of the guards’ cheap cigarettes. Lifting a corner of the curtain, I...

  South Korea is party to the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international membership organization of more than 60 governments that have pledged to improve their democracy and transparency. Geoffrey Cain, who heads the Korea research team of the OGP, talks...

On Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key wrapped up a three-day visit to South Korea during which he signed a free trade agreement. As might be expected, the South Korean media covered the visit, focusing mainly on the removal of tariffs and New Zealand’s...

  March 2 -- Asia Pacific Research CEO Geoffrey Cain discusses Samsung's unveiling of the S6 and S6 Edge, featuring a three-sided screen, with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat on "Trending Business." Samsung S6 Is a Step in the Right Direction: Cain