[THE INVESTOR] The fourth week of June will probably be one of the busiest weeks this year for tech giant Samsung Electronics as it is slated to hold, as well as participate in, a series of meetings and events to entice global investors.The Korean tech giant will be holding a global strategic meeting with the top executives of its global offices from June 21 to 22 at the firm’s head office in Suwon. Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics. Around 400 to 500 chiefs and executives of Sa

[THE INVESTOR] The Phantom 4 is the newest drone model by Chinese tech firm DJI. It is based on the DJI’s classic Quadro-Copter design of the Phantom series, with an X-shaped body, four propellers and a high-end camera mounted in a gimbal within a robust landing gear below the main body. Compared to the previous model Phantom 3, the body is streamlined. It has no edges or openings and the base plate of the gimbal with the SD card slot is integrated into the main body. The downward-looking sensor

Upgraded display to better support VR viewing

Flexible OLEDs for Samsung’s Edge phones make up 14% of total shipments: UBI Research

The South Korean government invested a total of 18.9 trillion won ($16.5 billion) in research and development in 2015, up 7 percent from a year earlier, an official tally showed Monday.The government supported 54,433 tasks in 639 projects nationwide, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.It reported the data to the National Science & Technology Council.Ministry officials pointed out that the 7-percent on-year increase in R&D spending is higher than the 5.7-percent hike in

[THE INVESTOR] July’s stock debut of Tokyo-based Line Corp., the mobile messenger platform owned by Korean portal Naver Corp., could be a burden for the tech giant initially, market watchers say, but it would likely benefit Naver’s share price down the road. Line on Friday announced that it is seeking to sell 35 million new shares through its initial public offering, raising as much as 113 billion yen ($1.06 billion). The new shares, which will be offered at 2,800 yen per share, will begin tradi

Flexible OLEDs for Samsung’s Edge phones make up 14 percent of firm’s total shipment: UBI Research

[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electro-Mechanics, an electronic parts affiliate of Samsung Group, is preparing to dive into the integrated circuit packaging industry, according to news reports on Monday.Joining hands with Samsung Electronics, a chip maker, the electronic components firm will likely plan to win new supply contracts of chips for smartphone makers, including U.S.-based Apple. Workers at Samsung Electronics’ chip assembly line in Xian, China, pose with the firm’s NAND flash memory wafer. (S

A group of small investors intend to pay another visit to the head office of Samsung SDS, an information solutions business arm of Samsung Group, to protest the company’s planned split-off of its logistics solution business.Samsung SDS Small Investors’ Group said Monday that it would visit the firm on Tuesday afternoon to express its objection toward the proposed split-off plan.A man passes by Samsung SDS’ head office in Seoul. (Yonhap)“During the previous visit to the company, a Samsung SDS exe

Eight of the world's top 12 smartphone vendors were Chinese brands, while market leader Samsung Electronics Co. and No. 2 Apple Inc. suffered a slight decline in their market shares in the first quarter of the year, industry data showed Monday.The South Korean tech giant sold 81.5 million smartphone units around the globe in the January-March period, according to the data compiled by the industry tracker IC Insights.Its archrival Apple sold 51.6 million units during the cited period, the data sh

Top analyst sees less business synergy among Samsung companies, urging display-maker to seek new clients

After Samsung secures deal, LG and Foxconn cited as secondary suppliers

[THE INVESTOR] Line Corp., a Tokyo-based mobile messenger platform owned by Korean Internet giant NHN Corp., will go public on main stock markets in New York and Tokyo next month, the company said Friday. In a regulatory filing, the company said it will start trading its shares on the Tokyo stock market on July 14th and in New York on 15th.The logo of mobile messenger Line. (Naver)The company will issue 35 million new shares offered at 2,800 yen ($26.20) per share. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morga

‘StartCraft will be a great milestone on the road to developing AI’

Korea's leading network operator KT Corp. said April 1 that it would beef up its partnership with China Mobile for the next-generation network 5G and connected network services.“Global cooperation is especially important to have future telecom technologies in place,” said KT chief executive Hwang Chang-gyu at a workshop held at the head office of China Mobile on Thursday.Hwang met China Mobile‘s top executives, including chairman Shang Bing, to discuss 5G initiatives and other pending network is