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Samsung wants own tech show
A recent decision by Samsung Electronics to go back on its plan to unveil the Galaxy S III gave a glimpse into what the technology giant wants.

Who will blink 1st, Samsung or Apple?
Will Samsung Electronics realign its patent war strategy against Apple?

Social media, politics in odd marriage
Get a bunch of boring, middle-aged politicians to care about their relevance on Twitter and comedy ensues.

No Lamborghinis here, please!
When Korea was poor, driving foreign cars was looked at with mixed feelings.

GM leader to be sorely missed
Last Friday, just ahead of the newsprint deadline, GM Korea issued a press release that its CEO Mike Arcamone is stepping down and that Vice President John Buttermore will replace him on an interim basis.

Hill rebel with a cause
Reporters focused on excessive dividends during the renaming ceremony of Standard Chartered Bank in Korea (SCBK) last week. CEO Richard Hill came back with his own interpretation.

What are Lee Kun-hees new challenges?
Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee once told his executives to change everything except for their wives and children in an all-out effort to be No. 1 in the world.

Browser update overdue for too many
Major portals and online game sites here recently stopped supporting Internet Explorer (IE) 6. As they wont include it when they test their services, users of the old browser may encounter errors.

Who is crazy?
The question of whether Twitter is a private or public space still remains debatable but people should think again before tweeting, especially a play director who has two Twitter accounts.

Samsungs China factory to dampen SK enthusiasm
Samsung Electronics plan to build a chip factory in China has many effects. One of them is getting a leg up on SK Group, now in the final stage of absorbing Hynix Semiconductor.

Hana chiefs last roll of dice
Hana Financial Chairman Kim Seung-yu knows there can be no backtracking in the move to buy a controlling stake in the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from Lone Star.

Is Ahn hype at irrational level?
AhnLab, the countrys leading anti-virus software company, is soaring in the stock market as its major shareholder Ahn Cheol-soo emerges as the strongest potential presidential candidate. Analysts agree that the price has reached an irrational lev..

KOSDAQ unlikely to ban orders for small number of shares
A single-share purchase in America is often associated with a childrens gift, which parents offer as a framed, colorful certificate. In Korea it is increasingly an accessory to stock scams and market manipulation.

Undoing KEB sale
It may be the last hurdle to the nearly-completed sale of a controlling stake in the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) by U.S. private equity fund Lone Star to Hana Financial.

LG needs to take more proactive strategies
There is a joke about what people would do if a snake made its way into the office. The answer for LG Group officials is that they would try to find out what Samsung did and do the same thing.

Catchy ad with one missing element
Television commercials for Samsung Electronics latest Slate laptop and Note products — mid-way between smartphones and tablet PCs — are enough to distinguish themselves from others.

Whats fishy about FSSs action on KEB?
There is something strange in behavior of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) in response to the three boardroom directors of the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) who were allegedly involved in stock price manipulation.

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