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Singapore residents are no strangers to high-rise buildings. Indeed, the city has a plethora of skyscrapers in its famous Marina Bay area, and in the greater Downtown Core district. So for older Singapore hands, it may come as a surprise to hear that the city’s newest super-high building is to be found due south of […]

As Edwin Curran once said, “Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound,” – a great leap of joy comes from giving, receiving and just simply gazing at flowers. Beginning with Korea’s very first flower festival – the Rose Festival in 1985 – Everland has continued to present and share […]

If the weight of the sweltering summer is holding you down, why not escape to an oasis and get some reprieve? Enjoying outside activities with family and friends while staying cool at the same time is a great way to beat the summer heat. With a jam-packed schedule and a myriad of rides and events, Caribbean […]

If you’re on the hunt for a genuinely hip experience, a day spent out and about in Seoul is just what the doctor ordered. The Korean capital was recently called the “cutting-edge of cool” by National Geographic magazine, who praised the city’s “red-hot energy.” But in a metropolis as big as Seoul, tracking down hotspots can […]

For some, answers to the questions “Where is home?” and “What is family?” are simple. However, for expatriate workers in global companies, such answers are often not so straightforward.  For Hector Garcia of Mexico and Lay Hong Soon of Malaysia, two Samsung C&T Trading and Investment Group employees currently working in Seoul, living and working […]

Samsung C&T Receives Stakeholder Communications Award from HK Public Relations Professionals’ Association Positive relationships with the client, the local community, the workers, and other stakeholders Building a safe site through proactive and transparent communication SEOUL, Korea – May 31, 2017 – Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group’s (CEO Chi Hun Choi) SCL C1109 project in Hong […]

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”  That can ring true not only for Billy Crystal’s character in When Harry Met Sally but also for any romantic in pursuit of everlasting love, especially during spring when couples […]

On May 26th, Samsung C&T’s Trading and Investment Group CEO, Shin Kim, and KOSPO (Korean Southern Power Co., Ltd) CEO, Jong-Geun Yoon attended an opening ceremony to celebrate the successful completion of the 517 MW Kelar gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Chile. The CEOs were honored by the attendance of some 200 distinguished guests, including the president […]

This is the first in a series of articles profiling the people and the businesses at Samsung C&T’s branch offices around the world. This installment in the series focuses on Samsung C&T’s office in Milano, Italy. Doing business overseas poses several cultural, linguistic and business related challenges for any company looking to expand outside their […]

Urban skylines are growing upward. But as global city-dwellers continue to reach for the skies, constructors have now begun asking themselves how to best use the spaces between skyscrapers. Instead of just building up, they are now building across – and installing walkways to connect some of the tallest buildings in the world. In many […]