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Samsung was founded in 1969, and one of its subsidiaries, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. Founded in Daegu, South Korea, it operates in around 58 countries and has over 208,000 workers. The turnover in 2003 was about 101.7 billion USD. Samsung is recognized as being one of the top 10 brands in the world. Image File history File links Samsung File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ...
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The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ...
McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ...
Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...
Samsung was founded in 1969, and one of its subsidiaries, Samsung Electronics Co. ...
Two digital voltmeters The field of electronics is the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ...
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At present, Samsung Electronics operates in 5 business areas, namely Telecommunications (Mobile Handsets and Network), Digital and Home Appliances (including washing machines, microwave ovens, refrigerators, VHS and DVD players, etc), Digital Media, LCD, and Semiconductors.
Samsung (meaning "three stars" or "tristar" in Korean) was founded by Lee Byungchul. Samsung Electronics is the flagship division of The Samsung Group. Lee Byungchul (In official transliteration: I Byeong-cheol) is the founder of the Samsung Group. ...
Samsung is one of the largest South Korean conglomerates ("chaebol"). It started as an exports company in 1938 but soon diversified. A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ...
Chaebol (jě-bэl), is the Korean word for conglomerates, have been a major force in the South Korean economy from the end of the Korean War through to today. ...
1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Subsidiaries of the Samsung Group
Electronics industries - SAMSUNG Electronics
- SAMSUNG Electro-Mechanics
- SAMSUNG SDI
- SAMSUNG Corning
- SAMSUNG SDS
- SAMSUNG Networks
- SAMSUNG Corning Precision Glass
Machinery and heavy industries - SAMSUNG Heavy Industries
- SAMSUNG Techwin
Chemical industries - SAMSUNG TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
- SAMSUNG Petrochemicals
- SAMSUNG BP chemicals
- SAMSUNG Fine Chemicals
- Cheil Industries
Financial services - SAMSUNG Life Insurance(Korean)
- SAMSUNG Fire & Marine Insurance
- SAMSUNG Card, SAMSUNG Securities
- SAMSUNG Capital
- SAMSUNG Investment Trust Management
- SAMSUNG Venture Investment
History
1950s - 1980s - 1953: Samsung started sugar production, which has since ended
- 1958: Samsung starts offering insurance
- 1965: A department store opened in Kwanjou.
- 1967: Samsung started the Joong-Ang Ilbo daily newspaper. Today this newspaper has no affiliation with the company.
- 1969: Samsung Electronics founded
- 1974: Samsung Petrochemical and Heavy Industries founded.
- 1976: The company was awarded an export prize by the government as a part of the country's development programme.
- 1977: As a result of their export prize, Samsung Construction emerged. In addition, Samsung Shipbuilding has formed.
- 1982: Samsung established a professional baseball team.
- 1983: Samsung produced its first computer chip: a 64k DRAM.
- Towards the end of the 1980's, Samsung pushed its efforts in petrochemicals and electronics.
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A sugar is a carbohydrate which contains the functional group (CH2O)n). ...
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Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ...
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1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A Microchip is, properly, an integrated circuit. ...
Dram can mean several things: for the imperial unit of volume see dram (volume) for the imperial unit of weight or mass see avoirdupois and apothecaries system of mass for the Armenian monetary unit see dram (currency) DRAM is a type of RAM and unlike dram is spelled in all...
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The 1990s and present The 1990s saw Samsung rise as an international corporation. Not only did it acquire a number of businesses abroad, but also began leading the way in certain electronic components. Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia in September 1993. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Petronas Towers The Petronas Towers (also known as the Petronas Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were once the worlds tallest buildings when measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural or architectural top. ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Samsung survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 relatively unharmed. It has kept expanding since then. Samsung's brand strength has improved impressively in the last few years, despite an environment of scandal and political intrigue. Jump to: navigation, search The Asian financial crisis was a financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand, and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices of several Asian countries, many part of the East Asian Tigers. ...
Samsung is now one of the leading manufacturers in plasma displays, although it has struggled with building an image of being an innovator created by legal controversies over patent infringements with companies such as Fujitsu who claim to have created plasma display technology first. Samsung has also faced controversy in Korea for its policies towards workers, described by some as anti-worker, although such claims are widely disputed.
Samsung Electronics saw record profits and revenue in 2004, and in 2005, overtook Sony as one of the worlds most valuable brands, and is now ranked #20 in the world.
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This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...
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List of digital camera brands past and present, updated to 2005, but may miss some. ...
Sens is the notebook computer series made by Samsung Electronics Ltd. ...
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