Samsung has come up with plans to invigorate the domestic economy ahead of the Chuseok holidays later this month. Korea s largest business conglomerate said Thursday that 11 of its affiliates agreed to expedite a combined 1.4 trillion won ($1 billion) in payments to buy products from subcontractors, despite difficulties caused by the slowdown in the global IT industry, which has affected earnings at flagship affiliate Samsung Electronics.
I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Choi family, descendants of Korean-American heritage. This encounter occurred during an introductory event, organized by professor David A. Mason. Douglas Choi, a representative of Sons of Rigor Films in Boston, attended the event with his two sons. The elder son is a junior majoring in computer engineering and an ROTC cadet at Harvard University, while the younger son is currently in high school. Professor Mason is renowned for his decades-long dedication to the study and research of Choe Chi-won.