South Korea

Business Series

Samsung gives latest cost estimates for Note 7 disaster

Samsung says will take a hit to its operating profit of about 2.7 billion euros in the next two quarters from scrapping the Note 7 smartphone.

14/10/2016

Business Series

Samsung launches Note 7 refund programme

Trying to keep customers after the Galaxy Note 7 disaster Samsung is offering larger cash incentives to those who stay with the brand.

13/10/2016

Business Series

Samsung abandons production of Note 7

In a statement, the company says it has made a "final decision" to stop making its star product. It comes in the wake of reports of devices spontaneously catching fire.

11/10/2016

South Korea

Samsung announces total halt in production of Galaxy Note 7

Samsung halts production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and urges users to turn off the device amid renewed reports of fires.

10/10/2016

South Korea

Samsung suspends production of Note 7 - reports

News comes after reports of fires in replacement devices. Sources have not specified if specific problems identified or when production was halted.

10/10/2016

South Korea

LG Electronics seeks to revive mobile fortunes with V20 smartphone

South Korea’s LG Electronics has unveiled its new V20 smartphone, seeking to recover from a series of losses in the mobile market.

07/09/2016

Business Series

Samsung shares rise despite massive Note 7 smartphone recall

Samsung Electronics' shares rose on Monday despite the anticipated losses from the recall of 2.5 million Note 7 smartphones in 10 countries after the batteries in some caught fire or exploded.

05/09/2016

Business Series

Smartwatch revolution?

As Apple Watch sales slide, can the eSIM that is fitted in Samsung's smartwatch offerings offer hope for the future of wearables?

29/08/2016

South Korea

North Korea threatens nuclear strike on joint US-South Korean military exercises

North Korea has slammed the joint South Korean-American annual military exercises as provocative, and has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike.

22/08/2016

South Korea

South Koreans protest deployment of US anti-missile defence system

Hundreds of South Koreans have had their heads shaved in protest over a government decision to install a US manufactured anti-missile defence unit.

15/08/2016

Business Series

South Korea suspends Volkswagen sales over emissions scandal

South Korea has suspended sales of most Volkswagen models for allegedly forging documents on diesel engine emissions or noise-level tests. They will now have to be re-certified.

02/08/2016

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Protests over South Korea's 'comfort women' deal with Japan

Student protesters in South Korea show their anger over a Japanese government-funded foundation to support “comfort women” – females who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime…

29/07/2016

Business Series

Samsung Q2 profit better than expected

Samsung has reported better than expected quarterly profit but warned earnings from phones will weaken in the rest of the year.

28/07/2016

No Comment

Shaving heads, another way to protest in South Korea

Thousands of residents of South Korea’s southern county of Seongju held a rally on Thursday (July, 21) in Seoul to protest against the government’s decision to choose their town as a site where a…

22/07/2016

Sport

'Soohorang' and 'Bandabi' unveiled as Pyeongchang 2018 mascots

The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games’ organising committee have officially unveiled the mascots for the next Olympic and Paralympic games, “Soohorang” and…

18/07/2016

Business Series

Smartphones set to take Samsung to profit rebound

Samsung is set for its best quarterly profit in more than two years thanks to robust sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones.

05/07/2016

South Korea

Shock election defeat for South Korea ruling party

For the first time in 16 years, South Korea’s ruling conservative party has lost control of parliament. The centre-right Saenuri Party of President

14/04/2016

South Korea

Seoul announces new sanctions after North Korea's latest nuclear threats

Seoul says 40 individuals and 30 entities suspected of having links to North Korea's weapons programme are facing sanctions

08/03/2016

Cinema

Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves

Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military

04/03/2016

No Comment

South Korea: Hologram rally

A human rights group used holographic images of protesters in an offbeat rally to demand freedom of assembly. Amnesty International South Korea made

25/02/2016

Business Series

South Korea steps up action against Volkswagen over emissions scandal

Volkswagen and Audi's offices in South Korea's capital Seoul have been searched by prosecutors over the diesel engine emissions scandal.

19/02/2016

South Korea

Koreas: tension climbs on the divided peninsula

The North airs a video of Sunday's rocket launch while the South presents pieces of debris and pulls its workers out of a joint industrial park

11/02/2016

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Sancheoneo Ice Festival

Locals and tourists brave sub-zero temperatures to take part in a popular ice fishing festival in South Korea. The winter festival is named after a

10/01/2016

Business Series

Tech giant Samsung profits forecast misses expectations

Indications the tech industry could be in for a tough year. That’s one interpretation behind Samsung’s fourth quarter profits forecast. The company

08/01/2016

South Korea

South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts into the North

Pyongyang deploys troops to the border region while the international community urges restraint.

08/01/2016

South Korea

UN Security Council to meet after North Korea claims H-bomb test

A chorus of international condemnation has followed North Korea’s claim to have successfully conducted its first H-bomb test. Chairing a National

06/01/2016