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With a population of nearly 33 million, Malaysia is one of the most influential nations in Southeast Asia, which is viewed as a fast-growing and vital hub. Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, is in turn seen as one of the region’s important economic centers, having also expanded rapidly in recent decades. Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group was attracted […]

Samsung C&T held its 57th annual general shareholders’ meeting (AGM) in Seoul on March 19 for the fiscal year of 2020. The agenda included the approval of its full-year financial statement, appointment of board members, and the approval of the directors’ remuneration limit. Three new executive directors were appointed at Friday’s AGM: Mr. Oh Se-chul, […]

In Qatar, Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group exclusively won a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export base project worth KRW 1.85 trillion. Ordered by Qatar Petroleum, a state-owned oil company, the project is to build storage and loading facilities for LNG export. Qatar is the biggest producer of LNG in the world, and is […]

If the stay-at-home economy is here to stay, then there could be a profound impact on various industries. For instance, this year’s virtual edition of the Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated how large tech companies are developing products to feed the stay-at-home trend, including smart home gadgets. Reports suggest consumers are focusing on electronic products that promote home convenience – not […]

With the constant stream of technological innovations, many of our activities are now possible online. One particularly prominent area is shopping. A recent forecast expects e-commerce user penetration to hit 63.1% by 2025. This has led some to question the role of offline stores and even predict the end of the traditional shopping environment. But offline shops […]

The tendency of people to stay in or near their homes has increased since the pandemic started early last year. Residents’ needs to do everything “at home” has expanded to outdoor spaces around the living space. This in turn has led to a greater importance of good landscaping in apartment complexes. The Samsung C&T Engineering […]

In countless science-fiction movies and novels, indispensable elements of future society are robots that make people’s lives easier and machines that learn by themselves. Such scenes that were only possible in human imagination just a few years ago are now becoming reality thanks to the developments of the fourth industrial revolution, such as 5G telecommunications, […]

At European Adventure, the westernmost part of Korea’s best-known theme park Everland, you can feel as if you are somewhere in a village in Europe with its quaint buildings modeled after Amsterdam’s canal houses and seasonal flower displays. Here the mammoth roller coaster T-Express is particularly eye-catching. Inspired by a sightseeing train through the Alps, […]

Steel might be a source of inspiration for many of us in the post-COVID-19 world. It gains its strength from a test of fire, quite literally. Just as the pandemic has tested people and industries across the globe, there is hope that humanity’s resilience has been fortified. The analogy also works for the steel market, […]

Gone the way of girdles and bustles are the days when office workers uniformly wore a suit-and-tie or pencil skirts and high heels. Companies have been moving towards business casual for years, and even the most formal sectors such as finance have relaxed their dress codes. American media Vox went as far as to comment that the suit had […]