A U-turn over a free-trade agreement he once championed has critics of the South Korean president questioning both his loyalty to the US and his ability to deliver a more equitable economy

By David Josef Volodzko
South China Morning Post

Mar 4, 2018

Lee Jae-young, the de facto leader of the huge Samsung business empire is getting out of jail sooner than expected.

By Sherisse Pham
CNN

Feb 5, 2018

Samsung struggles to shake off claims its culture is akin to North Korea. “Samsung is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of the technology world,” says Geoffrey Cain, author of The Republic of Samsung, who drew the parallel with North Korea.

By Bryan Harris
Financial Times

Jan 31, 2018

Geoffrey Cain’s book, which talks about the company’s growth and corporate culture, will be published in February. Freelance reporter Geoffrey Cain, who authored a book on Samsung that is set to be published in February, speaks with a Hankyoreh reporter at an office in the Hannam neighborhood of Seoul on Nov. 21.

By Kim Pognee
HANKYOREH

Dec 28, 2017

Samsung said some of the statements related to Cain’s 2009 visit to a Samsung office were not true. In a recent interview with progressive newspaper Hankyoreh, Cain described a visit to Samsung eight years ago as a correspondent for the Global Post.

By Elizabeth Shim
UPI

Dec 5, 2017

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s 50 Richest Families 2017. “Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of Samsung, was a master of careful, cautious and shrewd decision-making,” says Geoffrey Cain, writing a book about the empire. 

By Donald Kirk
Forbes

Nov 14, 2017

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