Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest technology firm by revenue, reported Friday more than a six-fold increase in first-quarter net income, saying it will revise up its capital investment to meet rising demand.
Net profit reached 3.99 …

LG Electronics, the world’s second-largest flat-screen TV maker, said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income swung to a profit from a year ago as revived demand for its consumer electronics offset slumping profits in the …

South Korean handset makers, including Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, produced more handsets overseas than in South Korea for the first time last year, the country’s state-run agency said Thursday.
South Korea’s three mobile handset makers …

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics said Monday they will unveil new phones at the annual CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas, as they seek to consolidate their lead in the North American handset market.
During the …

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest computer memory maker, said Friday that it plans to achieve double-digit sales growth from last year and outperform its 2009 operating profit in 2010.
Samsung, also the world’s largest maker of …

South Korea’s exports of information technology (IT) products jumped nearly 40 percent in February, led by increased demand for semiconductors, display panels and other tech items, a report showed Thursday.
According to the report by the …

Samsung Electronics, the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker, clinched the top spot in the North American mobile handset market on an annual basis for the first time last year since its entry there in 1997, …

South Korea’s trade surplus in the information technology (IT) sector amounted to US$5.74 billion in January due to a surge in overseas demand for locally made goods, a government report showed Wednesday.
Exports of semiconductors, mobile …

The world’s second-largest handset maker Samsung Electronics said Monday that its monthly handset sales in the domestic market increased sharply from a month ago, thanks to improved sales in smartphones.
Samsung said it sold 1.2 …

A team of South Korean engineers has made a new advance in a type of memory technology that could vastly improve mobile phone capabilities, a local university said Wednesday.
Seoul National University said the team’s new …