Category: South Korea

Samsung Faces First Strike in Its History

The South Korean tech giant is at odds with some of its employees as it is trying to reassure investors that its memory chip business can meet demand.
The Controversy Over K-pop Band NewJeans

The firm Hybe has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in market value because of a feud with the creative force behind the band NewJeans.
U.S. Awards Samsung $6.4 Billion to Bolster Semiconductor Production

The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin.
Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich

Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.
Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea

Born to a South Korean mother and a Black American soldier, she rose to a pioneering stardom in a country that has long discriminated against biracial children.
China’s Exports Surge Are Drawing a Global Backlash

Increasing overseas sales of manufactured goods are helping China’s economy and creating employment, but countries from Europe to South Asia may lose jobs.
How Regulations Fractured Apple’s App Store

As the App Store approaches its 16th anniversary, patchwork rules have turned what was a single store into different shops across many countries.
A K-Pop Star’s Lonely Downward Spiral

Goo Hara’s life was a struggle from the start. She ended it at 28, isolated and harassed online.
Lee Hoyang, Prolific K-Pop Producer and Songwriter, Dies at 40

Professionally known as Shinsadong Tiger, he created the upbeat, catchy and danceable musical style that defined K-pop in the early 2010s.
South Korea’s Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.

The government pledged to protect South Korean online platforms from marketplace giants, but online business circles are crying foul play.
‘Cobweb’ Review: A Film Within a Director’s Cinematic Ego Trip

Kim Jee-woon toys with the absurdity of filmmaking itself in this story of a director compelled to take his cast and crew captive to shoot one more scene.
Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong Acquitted in Stock, Accounting Fraud Case

Lee Jae-yong’s case had raised questions about the immense power that chaebol leaders wield and the legal system holding them to account in South Korea.