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Samsung's $400K bonus sparks wave of labour demands across South Korea

After Samsung agreed to hefty employee bonuses, labour unions at Hyundai, Kakao, Naver and other major South Korean companies are stepping up demands for higher profit-linked payouts

Samsung debuts AI-powered health assistant, joining packed market

Samsung Health Assistant pulls in data from the user's Galaxy smartphone, smartwatch or smart ring. Samsung also announced a series of other features coming to its health platform

Samsung Biologics to acquire PolyPeptide in $1.8 billion deal

Shares of Samsung Biologics declined as much as 3.3% in Seoul on Monday. PolyPeptide shares jumped as much as 5.6%

Samsung cuts US jobs, offers relocations ahead of headquarters move

Samsung has cut jobs in its US consumer electronics business as it relocates its headquarters to Texas while prioritising growth in AI-driven chip operations

Samsung posts 19-fold jump in profit, but AI demand concerns hit shares

Samsung shares nevertheless dropped as ​much as 7.9% in morning trade, while rival SK Hynix's shares ​fell as much as 7.3%, dragging the benchmark KOSPI down 6%

Samsung, SK Hynix back South Korea's $576 billion AI-chip investment plan

Samsung and SK Hynix will invest $517.87 billion with suppliers to build two new chip fabrication sites

Hynix, Samsung: Why is Chris Wood betting big on these South Korean companies?

While hyperscaler cloud providers face margin pressures, Wood views memory producers as the most leveraged way to play the relentless AI investment cycle.

Samsung to unveil $648 bn investment plan as AI boom reshapes South Korea

The investment, which would include AI data centers, batteries and displays, will be announced at a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung at the presidential office

South Korea's biggest stock market crash in years: What went wrong?

South Korea’s stock market suffered a sharp sell-off as the KOSPI plunged 10%, triggering a trading halt. AI-driven giants Samsung and SK Hynix, which had powered a spectacular rally, led the decline

South Korean stocks tumble 10% from record, triggering trading halt

The Kospi closed down 10%, with losses extending after a 20-minute trading suspension by the Korea Exchange

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company

Shares of SK Hynix, now the world's most valuable memory chipmaker, traded up 5.7% to bring the company's market capitalisation to 2,082.5 trillion won

Samsung debuts Micro RGB TVs in India, launches 72 models across lineup

Samsung's new 2026 AI TV lineup introduces Micro RGB technology in India alongside updated OLED, Neo QLED, The Frame, Mini LED, and UHD televisions across multiple screen sizes

Memory chip frenzy sends SK Hynix, Micron into $1 trn club for first time

SK Hynix rose as much as 11 per cent in South Korea on Wednesday, taking its 12-month gain to more than 1,000 per cent and becoming the third Asian company to join the $1 trillion club

Microsoft to end Samsung Gallery app's direct sync with OneDrive in Sept

Samsung smartphone users will soon lose Samsung Gallery's built-in OneDrive syncing feature, as Microsoft is set to move future cloud backups entirely to the standalone OneDrive app

Samsung users report dark mode glitch in Google apps post One UI 8.5 update

Several Galaxy smartphone users are reportedly facing broken dark mode colours and inconsistent grey tones inside Google apps after installing Samsung's stable One UI 8.5 update

Samsung likely to debut Galaxy S27 Pro alongside Ultra: What to expect

Samsung is reportedly planning to expand its Galaxy S lineup with a new Pro variant that could offer Ultra-like specifications without stylus support

Samsung faces major strike after wage talks with union fall apart

Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages Wednesday, raising prospects for a strike at the South Korean electronics giant that could rattle global semiconductor supplies and the country's trade-dependent economy. Government officials have threatened to invoke rarely used emergency powers to force a settlement at Samsung, where the union, which represents about 74,000 workers, says the company has failed to offer adequate compensation despite its soaring profits fuelled by the global boom in artificial intelligence. After the latest round of talks ended without a breakthrough on Wednesday, union leader Choi Seung-ho told reporters that unionized workers will begin an 18-day strike from Thursday. Both the union and the management held each other responsible for a failure to reach a deal. Choi accused management of refusing to accept a government-mediated proposal whose details he refused to disclose. Management accused the union

Samsung and labor union to meet in 'last chance' to avert strike

Kim estimated the labor action would cost up to 1 trillion won ($668 million) for every day the Samsung chip factory is shut

Samsung executives meet union leaders as strike threat rattles investors

The union has threatened an 18-day walkout beginning May 21 if its demands are not met

Samsung begins selling refurbished smartphones in India: How it works

Samsung has launched its Certified Re-Newed programme in India, bringing refurbished Galaxy smartphones with warranty coverage and official quality checks at lower prices