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Concrete Matters: A Primer on the Most Popular Man-Made Material
June 27, 2018
Our lives are full of artificial materials – plastic bottles, steel structures and glass facades. But while these may seem like the most common man-made materials, our world is built on concrete. As the most popular man-made material on Earth, it is the second most consumed substance after water. Producing about 10 billion tons of […]
Solving Structural Puzzles: The Life of an Architectural Structural Specialist
June 21, 2018
While engineers have dreamt up the world’s most innovative building designs, without specialist to implement them, we’d never have the impressive skylines and breathtaking cityscapes we admire. Samsung C&T has helped shape some of those skylines with buildings like Taipei 101, the Burj Khalifa, and the Petronas Towers. But taking those buildings from blueprint to […]
Pride 11: The Story of the Taegeuk Warrior’s Team Suit
June 18, 2018
Three years in the making, South Korea’s national football team began its journey to Russia with an 8-0 victory over Laos in 2015. After victories over China, Qatar and Uzbekistan in the second qualifying round, the Taegeuk Warriors sealed a place in the 2018 Russia World Cup, confirming its status as one of Asia’s top […]
A Colorful Story: The Life of Everland’s Color Designer
June 15, 2018
We typically associate communication with words, gestures and facial expressions in our daily lives. Rarely are we conscious of how the different shades and hues of our surroundings affect the way we feel. Yet it doesn’t take much to realize that colors can shape our moods just as effectively as an upbeat song or a […]
Indispensable Materials: How Cobalt Became the Rockstar of Rare Metals
June 12, 2018
Every time we snap a photo for Instagram, write an assignment on our laptops, or fly a drone in the park, a little-known metal is making the magic happen: cobalt. The naturally occurring trace element has been used for hundreds of years to color glass and ceramics, but these days it is highly sought after […]
New Shirts, New Shoes, New Services: SSF Shop Gets a Style Change
June 8, 2018
As our lives get busier and the world gets more crowded, stealing a moment to create our own happiness is harder than ever. Samsung Fashion is making that easier by helping customers find that small, but certain, happiness while they shop online with an all new update to their online store. SSF Shop’s updates have […]
Raemian Takes Smart Homes to the Next Level
June 4, 2018
Walk into any electronic store and you will find a plethora of devices and appliances with network capabilities. But it wasn’t too long ago when journalists were busy explaining the concept of the Internet of Things, or IoT, to their audience. The astonishing speed at which IoT entered the common lexicon gives a sense of […]
Charting the Oceans: The Life of a Maritime Logistics Manager
May 31, 2018
People have traded goods by sea for millennia. Even after the invention of airplanes, ships continue to be the main means of transportation for carrying goods and raw materials across the world. Due to its cost-effectiveness, over 90% of world’s trade today is carried by sea. Despite advances in navigation technology, shipping goods across vast […]
Everland’s Rose Festival: Celebrating the World’s Most Famous Flower
May 29, 2018
As a totemic symbol which spans across cultures, the rose is arguably the world’s most famous flower. It has been the subject of countless artworks, and being synonymous with love, the flower has also adorned numerous momentous occasions in people’s lives. True to its stature, the rose has a long and distinguished history of its […]
How Samsung C&T Builds Relationships and Strengthen Communities
May 28, 2018
Business success depends on local communities’ support – that’s one of the most important lessons Samsung C&T has learned from 80 years of building businesses around the world. Without their help and encouragement, it would not be possible for the company to grow from a small shop in Daegu to the multinational entity that stands […]