Feb 17 2010
- Samsung’s TV manufacturing business has nearly doubled in size since 2006
- the world’s biggest seller of TV sets
- Closing in on 20% global market share in TV unit sales, a threshold not reached by any manufacturer since the earliest days of the industry more than 60 years ago.
- The second-largest maker, LG Electronics Co. had 14.8% market share
- This year, LCD and plasma models (from Samsung) are expected to ship 39 million models.
It’s interesting to read about an industry leader in the field of electronics who manufactures all their own products. Will Sony ever get back into the manufacturing game?
Aug 28 2009
Lee Min Ho (via aBbYhaLO)
Dunkin’ Donuts in Korea is advertised in a slightly different way. Slightly.
Jun 24 2009
“Students reserve seats in the library, check their grades and even pay for the washing machines in the dormitory with their mobile phones. The shift began in 2002, when the school authorities found that 98 out of every 100 students had mobile phones.”
Jun 12 2009
Succession at Samsung: Crowning success | The Economist
The Lee family is the most prominent Korean family business, in 2007 the total sales of the Samsung Chaebol had sales of $174 billion, 17% of South Korea’s GDP and this graph and article illustrate how the family stays in control. A round about circle of controling interests and a circle of shareholding.
Jun 2 2009
PlayStreet is a Korean startup providing a walking view of Korean streets. With the helpful store labels it’s like an augmented reality of the dense and complex Korean shops packing around Seoul. It’s a definite one up on Google Street View.
Apr 14 2009
Without question, this is extremely concerning. It rings of a military ruled dictatorship from the past and paints a bleak picture of the future.
