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People pass by advertisements of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S21 Series smartphones at its shop in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Samsung Electronics said Thursday its operating profit for the last quarter jumped 46% from a year earlier driven by increased sales of smartphones and televisions as its business continues to flourish amid the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Samsung reports profit jump on smartphone, TV sales

By Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 28, 2021 10:19 PM EDT

A Samsung Group flag and South Korean national flag flutter at the company's office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Samsung's founding family will donate tens of thousands of rare artworks, including Picassos and Dalis, and give hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research to help them pay a massive inheritance tax following last year's death of chairman Lee Kun-Hee. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Facing $11B tax bill, Samsung heirs donate massive art trove

By Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 28, 2021 12:53 AM EDT

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Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2021. There are 332 days left in the year. Today’s...

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is questioned by reporters upon his arrival at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. South Korean court sentences Lee to 2 and a half years in prison over corruption case. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery

By Kim Tong-Hyung Jan. 18, 2021 01:33 AM EST

FILE - In this May 23, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, front, sits for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s top court upheld 20-year prison term for Park over corruption on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)
S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park

By Kim Tong-Hyung Jan. 13, 2021 10:10 PM EST

A logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its Seocho building in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. As Samsung Electronics mourns the death of its long-time chairman, Lee Kun-Hee, questions loom over what's next for South Korea's biggest company. Samsung has struggled for years to diversify from its core hardware business to tap new technologies and services.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Samsung reports record sales amid questions about future

By Kim Tong-Hyung Oct. 29, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 5, 2011, file photo, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, right, meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, and Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee in Durban, South Africa, ahead the opening ceremony for the 123rd IOC session that would decide the host city for the 2018 Olympics Winter Games. Lee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker into a global giant of consumer electronics, has died, a Samsung statement said Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. He was 78. (AP Photo/Rajesh Jantilal-Pool, Pool, File)
Lee Kun-Hee, force behind Samsung’s rise, dies at 78

By Kim Tong-Hyung And Hyung-Jin Kim Oct. 25, 2020 07:57 AM EDT

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Police on Thursday, July 9, said the mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are underway. (Cheon Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)
Late Seoul mayor was outspoken liberal who eyed presidency

By Kim Tong-Hyung Jul. 09, 2020 01:08 PM EDT

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Police on Thursday, July 9, said the mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are underway. (Cheon Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)
Mayor of South Korean capital found dead after 7-hour search

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung Jul. 09, 2020 06:22 AM EDT