...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/technology/samsung-unveils-bolder-investment-plan.html?_r=0 Samsung’s Investment Plan Falls Short for Some Jean Chung for The New York Times Visitors to Samsung’s headquarters near Seoul, South Korea, try out its mobile products. The company will increase its dividend. By ERIC PFANNER Published: November 6, 2013 * ------------------------------------------------- FACEBOOK * ------------------------------------------------- TWITTER * ------------------------------------------------- GOOGLE+ * ------------------------------------------------- SAVE * ------------------------------------------------- EMAIL * ------------------------------------------------- SHARE * ------------------------------------------------- PRINT * ------------------------------------------------- SINGLE PAGE * ------------------------------------------------- REPRINTS * SEOUL — Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, summoned investors to a luxury hotel here Wednesday to tell them why they should buy its stock. Despite a promise of more cash and other goodies, some investors left grumbling that it was not enough. More Tech Coverage News from the technology industry, including start-ups, the Internet, enterprise and gadgets. On Twitter: @nytimesbits. Samsung said it would double its dividend, increase spending on acquisitions and consider a listing of its stock in the United States, through American...
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...Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cities journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cities City profile Seoul Hyung Min Kim, Sun Sheng Han ⇑ Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 13 August 2010 Received in revised form 25 November 2010 Accepted 12 February 2011 Available online 13 July 2011 Keywords: Urban history Economic development Housing Planning policies Metropolitan governance a b s t r a c t Seoul is a major global city with a history of over 600 years. Its development trajectory, current status in the world economy, and challenges faced in socio-spatial dynamics present an excellent case in the study of cities, especially of the Asia–Pacific region. This profile outlines Seoul’s historical development, recent changes and contemporary conditions (in terms of its territory, economy, land and housing market, urbanisation policy, infrastructure development, social impact and culture), metropolitan planning, and future development. Ó 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Historical development A significant year in Seoul’s history is 1394 during which Seoul, by the name of Han Yang, was chosen as the new capital of the Chosun (or Joseon) Dynasty (Kim, 2009: p. 194). The first 10 years of Seoul as a capital city were characterised by uncertainty about its status as the capital, due to competition between Han...
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...Report | |Tourism Marketing | |11/2/2012 | | | Executive Summary This report examines the marketing strategy of the tourism destination of Singapore. The group has set its sight on the segment of Seoul Young Adults, South Korea who are interested in Food and Culture. Through a thorough research on the marketing mix elements, it was found that although Singapore is a slightly more expansive destination as compared to its neighbouring competitors, it has much to offer. Being a developed country, Singapore has more packages on its attractions. Furthermore, collaborations with travel services companies help to increase these packages. Further research reveals that as a destination brand, Singapore constantly seeks to improve its offerings and reach to a wider market through technology like its YourSingapore website. Through this website, Singapore differentiates itself by promoting and highlighting its features. Additionally, with a good...
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...PART 1: INTRODUCTION The Korean peninsula is located at the eastern end of Asia, between China, Siberia (now part of the Russian Federation), and the islands of Japan. Because of the complex, shifting, and historic relations between these areas, as well as relations with other places such at the United Sates in more recent times, the history of Korea has been told in many ways and is still the subject of hot debate both inside and outside the Koreas. North and South Korea have different versions of the peninsula’s history, both of which differ in detail and perspective from histories written in China, Japan, Russia, and the USA. The following sections, which attempt to outline the history in a balanced way, are based on a variety of materials, including lectures attended in a special workshop on Korean culture at Korea University in the summer of 1997. Map of Korea The overall pattern of development in the history of the Korean peninsula is a process that begins with an unknown number of early tribal groups that populate the peninsula in prehistoric times, wandering out of Siberia and areas to the west. Over time, some of these groups form more complex societies that eventually result in early kingdoms that grow up on the peninsula; in some cases extending westwards into what is now Chinese territory. As time and events unfolded, these kingdoms were unified, though the borders and degree of unity have continued to change over time—down to today. Besides the obvious split between...
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...something totally different in the end. I. When and where do the stories take place? a. On a dark solitary island in the Caribbean b. In a small village at the start of summer time II. Do the settings make the stories believable? a. The author paints a great picture of an island jungle b. The village appears to be a normal and quiet community III. Are the characters influenced by the settings? a. The characters are heavily influenced by the solitary world around them b. The villagers seem unaffected by their surroundings IV. What atmosphere or mood does the setting create? a. The setting creates a dark and sinister place on a remote island b. The setting creates a serene mood with the excitement of summer ahead V. Does the setting create expectations that are opposite of what occurs? a. What occurs would be expected on such an island b. The setting is exactly opposite of what you would expect to occur Myron Ice Stephanie Hobson ENGL 102 16 December 2011 The harsh realities of life In the stories of the Most Dangerous Game and The Lottery, both authors do a wonderful job of bringing you into a somewhat normal setting, only to surprise you with what is to come. They both keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you wondering about where the author is going. You get pulled into the adventure in one story and kind of get lulled into the serene summer setting of the other. Both of these stories make you want to be right there with the author until you realize...
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...administration so I never have see for my own eyes how this type of technology works. A couple of years ago my mother went in for a routine checkup. A few days after her checkup, she was notified that both her kidneys were deteriorating and that she had about a year to live, if she did not have a kidney transplant. The entire family was in shock, disbelief, how could this happen to us. We did not sit around long feeling sorry for ourselves. Once the dust cleared my two sisters and I began doing research on what we could do to help our mother. It did not matter that I was in Korea, or my older sister was in Oregon and the other in California. We all pulled together and did our homework and shared what each had found. To make a long story short, my mother did have a transplant; the donor was my younger sister. Today both my mother and sister are leading healthy lives. Though my mother needed dialysis it was something that we all looked into before the transplant. Dialysis is a treatment that mimics some of the functions that healthy kidneys perform. This process is needed when our own kidneys can no longer take care of the body’s needs. People receive dialysis treatment because 85 to 90 percent of their kidneys have lost function; this is known as end-stage kidney failure. Doctor’s are able to measure the function and stage of a...
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...Army Story My family has a long history of service to our great country. From as far back as WW2 a member of my family has fought in every war this nation has endured. So from a very young age I have always been inspired by Soldiers from the uniform that they wear, to the sacrifices that they make to keep our country safe and free. So from a very young age I always wanted to carry on that tradition. With that being said my story began when I was 24 years old. I was self employed working in the family business with my dad and going to a local technical college. I made good money and didn’t hurt for anything. I worked my own hours for the most part and could take time off whenever I needed. Basically I had the best job a person could dream of. However, something was missing from my life. I constantly felt like I could do more, I was always very bored and unchallenged. I also always had this feeling of dependency from my parents. Even though I worked and made my own money I always still just wondered if something happened to my father would I know how to survive? That’s when it hit me. I wanted to prove to myself and everybody else that I could survive, that I could be my own man. So I started looking into the Army. I had a very good experience with my recruiter. He did what recruiters do and showed me all the options and benefits that the Army could offer me. He talked with my parents and addressed their concerns that all parents have when your child joins during a time of...
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...“The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves – and Why It Matters,” by B. R. Myers (excerpted) Korean schoolchildren in North and South learn that Japan invaded their country in 1905, that Japan spent 40 years destroying its language and culture, and then withdrew. Yet the truth is more complex. For much of the country’s long history, the national identities of Koreans and Chinese were mutually indistinguishable. Believing their civilization was founded by a Chinese’s age in China’s image, Koreans subscribed to a Confucian worldview that put their country in a position of permanent subservience to China. It was not until the late 19th century, under Japan, that Koreans took measures to establish Koreas independence, and imbue the people with a sense of national pride. The Japanese freed the peninsula from China only to take it for themselves. Opposition to Japanese rule grew from 1905 until patriots declared independence in 1919. The authorities responded with a brutal show of force. The Japanese started a colonial propaganda machine, which did not stamp out Korean pride. Instead it asserted that Koreans shared the same ancient bloodline and benevolent ruler as the Japanese. Both peoples belonged to one “imperial” race that was superior to all others. Japan and Korea were seen as one body. Koreans had languished too long under China’s shadow – now was the time to become part of a Japanese whole. It was in this period that Korean nationalists revived the legend of Jan’gun...
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...What factors contributed to EuroDisneys poor performance during its first year of operations? There were quite a few different factors that contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year. The biggest factors in contributing include: a very poor understanding of the French market place, the out standing issues and cultural differences between the two nations and two completely different approaches to business and everyday life. The ethnocentrism of the American leaders counterbalanced by French national issues was a major factor. Michael Eisner was indeed powerful and seemingly arrogant which also contributed to the problems. The business plan assumed that the people from all over Europe would flock to EuroDisney. This plan wasn’t good because it failed to recognize how diverse those consumers would be. Although Europe is united as the European Union, the cultures have always been extremely distinct and independent. To what degree do you consider that these factors were a) foreseeable b) controllable by either EuroDisney or the parent company Disney? A closer look into the history and a better understanding of the characters of Europe and the European market place would have enabled the Disney executives to foresee many of the problems. Most of the problems could have been controllable and others were inevitable. It was clear that the choice to open in France was going to cause some commotion. If Disney had researched French history this would have...
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...权 版 老 毅 王 归 Describe a special trip you would like to go on in the future. You should say: Where you would like go Who you would like to go with What you would do there and explain why this would be a special trip. 者 违 ， 播 传 或 制 复 得 不 可 许 经 未 ， 有 所 帮 人 达 思 雅 和 师 Well…a special trip I would like to go on in the future…let me see…I guess I want to go back to the United States. Look, I went to college in the States 5 years ago. And I studied in the University of Minnesota. It’s a great experience. Now I’ve graduated for two years. But I still miss it very much. And I always see myself going back there in my dreams. So…I guess, if it’s possible I’d like to go back to visit the place where I spent the best part of my youth. Now if you ask me who I would like to go with…well, I can’t make up my mind. Right now I can think of many people I’d like to go there with: my parents, my wife, some of my classmates who also came back to China after graduation. Anyway…maybe I’ll just go there with my wife first, and then my parents, and then my school buddies. And speaking of what I would do there, like I said, I plan to revisit the university, and then probably, I’ll spend some time visiting friends, and then I guess I’ll take my wife and travel through America from coast to coast, from ocean to ocean, from border to border. You know what, when I was studying in college, I never really had time traveling, ...
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...权 版 老 毅 王 归 Describe a special trip you would like to go on in the future. You should say: Where you would like go Who you would like to go with What you would do there and explain why this would be a special trip. 者 违 ， 播 传 或 制 复 得 不 可 许 经 未 ， 有 所 帮 人 达 思 雅 和 师 Well…a special trip I would like to go on in the future…let me see…I guess I want to go back to the United States. Look, I went to college in the States 5 years ago. And I studied in the University of Minnesota. It’s a great experience. Now I’ve graduated for two years. But I still miss it very much. And I always see myself going back there in my dreams. So…I guess, if it’s possible I’d like to go back to visit the place where I spent the best part of my youth. Now if you ask me who I would like to go with…well, I can’t make up my mind. Right now I can think of many people I’d like to go there with: my parents, my wife, some of my classmates who also came back to China after graduation. Anyway…maybe I’ll just go there with my wife first, and then my parents, and then my school buddies. And speaking of what I would do there, like I said, I plan to revisit the university, and then probably, I’ll spend some time visiting friends, and then I guess I’ll take my wife and travel through America from coast to coast, from ocean to ocean, from border to border...
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...South Korea constitution, Kim is effectively a lame duck. Constitutionally limited to a single term, he confronts a hostile national assembly controlled by the political opposition, his personal popularity has fallen below 30 percent, and his party is trailing in public opinion polls in the run-up to December's presidential elections. Yet in spite of these challenges, a hundred other countries would envy the forecast of 5 percent growth and five percent unemployment in 2002. In the six months between mid-September 2001 and mid-March 2002, the stock market has risen by nearly 90 percent, and the only thing hotter on Wall Street than South Korea funds are…Russia funds (which may say something about Wall Street). Property prices are up in Seoul, credit card lending more than doubled last year, and household debt has risen from 18 percent of GDP to 62...
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...L. Choi Christmas in August: the Conventional Unconventional Following the Korean War, South Korean film industry faced its “Golden Age”, thriving with a series of vibrant, high-quality domestic film productions. While directors during this period produced a body of work as “historically, aesthetically, and politically significant as that of other well-known national film movements such as Italian Neorealism, French New Wave, and New German Cinema” (McHugh and Abelmann 2), the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee in the late 1960s put an end to creative freedom. The South Korean cinema resurfaced in the 1990s, taking a new step and presenting films that mix a variety of genres and different sensibilities. After the 1997 International Monetary Fund economic crisis, South Korea experienced an unusually rapid growth in the film industry and faced its first “stirrings of what was to develop into a creative and commercial boom” (Paquet 37). In early 1998, in the midst of the industrial transformation, director Hur Jin-Ho released a “muted, tragic-themed melodrama” (Paquet 37) - Christmas in August. The film ranked as one of the highest grossing at the domestic box office in 1998, benefiting greatly from its casting of the two lead roles - actor Han Seok-Kyu and actress Shim Eun-Ha. The two leads carry out a natural performance throughout the film and display a remarkable chemistry with their delightfully low-key and perfect depiction of each of the protagonists. Unlike the traditional...
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...factor 3 Socio-Cultural Factors 4 Technological factors 4 SWOT Analysis 4 Market segmentation 7 Geographical 7 Demographic 7 Psychographic 7 Marketing mix 4P’s 7 Recommendation 8 References 10 Introduction This write up is in regard of the marketing report based on Samsung, electronic Multinational Corporation. It gives a PESTEL examination, SWOT analysis, Segmentation and marketing mix elements. Samsung's uniqueness is delineated from its earth shattering way to deal with business. This organization was established in 1938 by Lee Byung-chull as a minor. It propelled in its operation driving Lee to empty the central command to Seoul In 1947. Be that as it may, the steadiness of the organization was disturbed by the 1954 war. Right now, Samsung is Multinational Corporation with its central command in Samsung, Seoul in South Korea. The organization has comprises of different united auxiliary firms. Samsung gives an umbrella to the auxiliary firms under the brand name Samsung. Some eminent backups incorporate Samsung hardware, Samsung overwhelming commercial enterprises, Samsung C & T, and Samsung designing (Chang, 2011). Samsung electronic is the most perceived backup of the multinational company. Its income in the year 2010 stances it as the best data innovation organization. Samsung substantial businesses are ordered as the second shipbuilder utilizing the same income criteria. The organization works in the buyer apparatuses and purchaser gadgets industry...
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...Madison Koci Stewart Frame GWC PS110 Due: 12/12/13 North Korea and Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un is the the 29-year-old ruler of North Korea, one of the most distinctive and unpredictable countries in the world. It is a cocktail of poisonous elements: autocratic, repressive, isolated and poor (Powell).Its regime is dangerous not only to its people but also to the rest of the world. Its actions have had an unsettling impact on international relations in northeast Asia, particularly its nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 and its shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010, all of which led to tensions between China and the united States (Ahn). North Korea’s present and future, therefore, are of global concern (Powell). North Korea is "a Stalinist monarchy" where bloodlines, and only bloodlines, determine who the next dictator will be--no matter how young or inexperienced that person may be, notes South Korean scholar Cheong Seong-chang (Ahn). Nearly 30,000 U.S. troops sit across the border, helping defend South Korea against the 1.2 million-member army, most of it which exists within 30 miles of the demilitarized zone. Over the past decade, despite crippling economic sanctions imposed by most of the outside world, North Korea has defiantly developed and tested nuclear weapons and the long-range missiles needed to deliver them (Ahn). Western intelligence agencies make an educated guess that Pyongyang is holding 8 to 12 nuclear weapons. The hard truth is that North Korea is Asia's last...
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