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Samsung gets first woman CEO outside founding family for 1st time in 86 yrs

In a country where women business leaders have long struggled, Kim Kyung-Ah as president and CEO of Samsung Bioepis Co, is a story likely to inspire the next generation of executives

Samsung Electronics appoints new chip business heads, CFO in reshuffle

Samsung named Jun Young-hyun as its co-CEO as well as head of its memory chip business and appointed Han Jin-man as company president and head of the foundry business

Samsung's sudden $122 billion wipeout shows cost of sleeping on AI

South Korea's biggest company has become a stark example of how quickly fortunes can turn in an industry where the spoils go to those who maintain a technological edge

India is one of the fastest growing markets globally: Samsung CEO Han

During his second visit to India this year, Jong-Hee (JH) Han said the Noida factory has emerged as one of our biggest facilities, which is manufacturing not only for India but also for the world

South Korean court acquits Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes

A South Korean court acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong who was accused of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud in relation to a contentious merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea's biggest company. The ruling by the Seoul Central District Court on Monday could ease the legal troubles surrounding the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of a separate conviction of bribing a former president in a corruption scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government. The court said the prosecution failed to sufficiently prove that the merger between Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries was unlawfully conducted with an aim to strengthen Lee's control over Samsung Electronics. Prosecutors had sought a five-year jail term for Lee. It wasn't immediately clear whether they would appeal. Lee had denied wrongdoing over the current case, saying that the 2015 merger was part of normal business activity. Lee .

S Korea, India to strengthen ties to diversify supply chain away from China

South Korea plans on strengthening cooperation with India as Seoul attempts to align with a US-led push to diversify the global supply chain away from China

Samsung eyes expansion, planning to make India smartphone manufacturing hub

The South Korean electronics major plans to invest in setting up smart manufacturing capabilities at its second-largest mobile phone plant in Noida

Samsung's Vice Chairman Jay Y Lee pardoned by S Korea, may rejoin board

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has cleared the heir to the country's biggest company of bribery charges, for which Lee spent 18 months in prison before his release on parole a year ago

Samsung's Lee Kun-hee: Tainted titan who built a global tech giant

Lee, who died aged 78 on Sunday after being hospitalized for a heart attack in 2014, was driven by a constant sense of crisis

Samsung heir apologises for corruption, won't hand control to children

He also apologised for the behaviour of executives caught sabotaging labour union activities, and vowed to guarantee labour rights at the tech giant

Samsung Electronics chairman jailed for undermining union activities

Chairman Lee Sang-hoon and executive vice president Kang Kyung-hoon were both sentenced to 18 months

After night in cell, Samsung scion taken for questioning

Lee is a suspect in the influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to impeach Park Geun-hye