Republic of Samsung

Samsung Rising: Inside the secretive company conquering tech

March 22, 2020

Geoffrey Cain, a journalist who has reported for The Economist and the Wall Street Journal, does his material proud. Unlike their Silicon Valley counterparts, Asia’s tech champions lack the type of leaders that are sufficiently well known to carry a business biography: no mercurial Steve Jobs or Elon Musk and certainly no college dropouts such as Mark Zuckerberg or Elizabeth Holmes of scandal-ridden Theranos to act as storytelling device.

By Louise Lucas
Financial Times

Mar 19, 2020

Asia’s Richest Families 2017: How The Lees Made South Korea The ‘Republic Of Samsung’

November 14, 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

Why justice in Korean Air’s nut rage case was a big surprise

February 14, 2015

SEOUL, South Korea — Ever since the 2008 economic crisis, Americans have bemoaned the impunity and influence-peddling of Wall Street.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Feb 14, 2015

In the Republic of Samsung, here’s the ticket to the good life

January 26, 2015

SEOUL, South Korea — In a trendy Gangnam high-rise, a whiz-kid professor named Lee Sihan urges his classroom of 28 students not to fret. The big exam you’ve been preparing for — the one that could land you a Samsung dream job — won’t be that bad if you put the hours in.

By Geoffrey Cain
USA TODAY

Jan 26, 2015