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Samsung ends smartphone phone production in China

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South Korean protesters stage a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on their exports to South Korea in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. A 72-year-old South Korean man was in critical condition after setting himself ablaze in downtown Seoul on Thursday, apparently to express his anger toward Japan amid worsening tensions between countries over trade and wartime history, a police official said. The signs read: "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japan cabinet OKs plan stripping South Korea of preferred trade status

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2019, photo, a notice campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products is displayed in Seoul, South Korea. The sign reads: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; A widespread anti-Japanese boycott has gained ground in South Korea since Tokyo tightened its exports of materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display screens, key export items for South Korea.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorea vows countermeasures as Japan downgrades trade status

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, gets into a car to leaves a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea. Lee on Sunday, June 2, 2019, has vowed to keep up robust investments in key businesses as South Korea's leading company weathers slowing demand and the impact of trade clashes between Washington and Beijing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung vows to keep up investment as trade war raises risks

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FILE - In this April 29, 2015, file photo, a snack and fruit vendor waits for customers near the advertisement board of a shopping mall and apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam, the location of U.S. President Donald Trump’s next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has come a long way since the U.S. abandoned its war against communist North Vietnam in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Trump-Kim summit host Vietnam is model for economic growth

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

China demands Canada release Huawei executive

By Joe McDonald and Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Samsung signs Olympic sponsorship to 2028 Los Angeles Games

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Kinam Kim, President &amp; CEO, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics bows in apology in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Samsung Electronics has apologized for the sickness and deaths of some of its workers, saying it failed to create a safe working environment at its computer chip and display factories. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Samsung apologizes over sicknesses, deaths of some workers

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Hwang Sang-gi, father of former Samsung semiconductor factory worker Hwang Yu-mi who died from leukemia in 2007, wipes his tear during a signing ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Samsung Electronics and a group representing ailing Samsung computer chip and display factory workers say they have agreed to end a years-long standoff over compensation for deaths and grave illnesses among Samsung workers. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Samsung, workers agree to end standoff on workers’ deaths

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 16, 2018 photo, Niesha Samuel works on the factory floor at the Samsung washing machine facility, in Newberry, S.C. The appliance manufacturer on Monday, March 19 announced the expansion of its production footprint in South Carolina, making progress on a plan to create nearly 1,000 by 2020. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

Samsung launches 2nd appliance line at S. Carolina facility

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

North Korea's Samjiyon Orchestra performs in Gangneung, South Korea, Thursday Feb. 8, 2018. The Winter Olympics open in Pyeongchang in South Korea on Friday. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool via AP)

South Korea gets flexible with North Korea sanctions for Olympics

By Kim Tong-Hyung and Youkyung-lee - Associated Press

This image provided by Samsung shows a Galaxy Note 8 Olympic Games phone. Samsung Electronics donated the limited edition phones for athletes and officials at the International Olympic Committee so that they can document every moment and share their memories with the world. The Winter Olympic Games organizer is in limbo whether handing out the device to North Koreans would violate global sanctions. (Samsung via AP)

To give or not Samsung phone to North Korean Olympians

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, leaves a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. A South Korean appeals court Monday handed down a 2½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption to Samsung heir Lee, clearing the way for him to be freed after nearly a year in prison and return to the company's leadership. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung heir, freed after appeal, gets suspended jail term

By Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

S. Korean court says worker’s rare disease linked to Samsung

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, right, leaves after his verdict trial at the Seoul Central District Court Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. The court sentenced the billionaire Samsung heir to five years in prison for bribery and other crimes that fed public anger leading to the ouster of Park Geun-hye as South Korea's president. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)

Lee Jae-yong case: South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison

By Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

Samsung investing $380M in South Carolina, creating 950 jobs

By SEANNA ADCOX - Associated Press

Lee Jae-yong, front, a vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives for the hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, in this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung vice chairman, indicted in South Korea

By Youkyung Lee and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., gets into a car to leave after attending a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)

Samsung family succession hits snag with chief’s arrest

By YouKyung Lee - Associated Press

A screen shows an internal design drawings of Samsung Electronics Galaxy S7 smartphone at its shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The fiasco of Samsung's fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones - and Samsung's stumbling response to the problem - has left consumers from Shanghai to New York reconsidering how they feel about the South Korean tech giant and its products. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Note 7 fiasco leaves Samsung’s smartphone brand in question

By YOUKYUNG LEE and BRANDON BAILEY - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, a visitor looks at the smartphone cases of Samsung Electronics's Galaxy Note 7 at a shop in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co. estimated its profit rose more than expected in the July-September quarter despite the unprecedented recall of its flagship smartphones.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

New incidents defy Samsung’s efforts to end smartphone woes

By BRANDON BAILEY - Associated Press