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“No dashboard, steering wheel too small”… Lee Hye-won test-drives the Cybertruck
Lee Hye-won, wife of former national soccer team player Ahn Jung-hwan and a broadcaster, shared her thoughts on driving the Tesla Cybertruck. The Cybertruck recently became a hot topic when Big Bang’s G-Dragon rode it. On the 12th, Lee Hye-won uploaded a video titled “GD’s car? Cybertruck? Let’s take a look together” on her YouTube channel Shorts. In the video, Lee Hye-won shared her review of the Tesla Cybertruck test-driving in the United States. The Cybertruck is Tesla’s electric pickup truck. It is 5.7m long, 2.2m wide, and weighs close to 3.1 tons. G-Dragon boarded the car on the 4th when he headed to Incheon International Airport to attend the ‘Chanel 2024/25 Cruise Replica Show’. It is known that it will not be released in Korea yet. In the video, Lee Hye-won, who completed the identity verification, was surprised and said, “Where did the dashboard go? Isn’t the rearview mirror too small?” and “The car is big, but the steering wheel can be covered with both hands.” Lee Hye-won, who got out of the car, said, “The ride is not very good. After all, this is a truck.” When he asked about the price of the car, the employee said it was $80,000 (about 112 million won). Recently, the United States is conducting a recall due to a problem with the vehicle stopping while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on the 14th (local time), Tesla decided to recall about 2,400 Cybertrucks due to a defect in the vehicle inverter part that can stop driving. Reporter Jin Young-ki, Hankyung.com young71@hankyung.com
Samsung Electronics, Unconventional Shareholder Return… “10 trillion won worth of treasury stock purchase”
Samsung Electronics will purchase 10 trillion won worth of treasury stocks for one year starting on the 18th. It is analyzed that the company pulled out the ‘super strong’ shareholder return card to appease investors as the stock price fell by more than 30% since the beginning of the year and the corporate value fell below the liquidation value. Samsung Electronics held a board meeting on the 15th and approved this plan. First, it decided to purchase 3 trillion won worth of treasury stocks on the market for three months starting on the 18th and burn them all. The amount is 50,144,628 common stocks and 6,912,036 preferred stocks. The proportion of purchased stocks out of the total number of issued stocks is 0.84% each. Samsung Electronics explained, “We will decide on the timing of the remaining 7 trillion won worth of treasury stock purchase after comprehensively discussing the utilization method and timing from the perspective of increasing shareholder value.” The size of this purchase amounts to 9.6% of Samsung Electronics’ cash and cash equivalents (KRW 103.7765 trillion as of the end of the third quarter of this year). The decision to invest a large amount of funds in shareholder returns rather than M&A or R&D/facility investment is because the need to ‘increase shareholder value’ has grown. Since the beginning of the year, Samsung Electronics’ stock price has fallen 32.8%. This is a sluggish result compared to competitors such as TSMC (74.5%), MediaTek (29.5%), and SK Hynix (25.1%) during the same period. Samsung Electronics also announced plans to purchase and burn treasury stocks worth KRW 11.4 trillion and KRW 9.3 trillion in 2015 and 2017, respectively. From the end of October 2015, when the plan to buy back its own shares was first announced, to the end of November 2018, when the buyback and burn were completed, Samsung Electronics’ stock price rose 52.5%. A Samsung Electronics senior official said, “We will do our best to defend the stock price in order to improve corporate value for shareholders.” Reporters Hwang Jeong-su/Park Han-shin
Woongjin Think Big’s ‘Book Story’ Wins CES 2025 Best Innovation Award
Woongjin Think Big announced on the 15th that its artificial intelligence (AI) reading platform ‘Book Story’ won the ‘CES 2025 Best Innovation Award.’ Book Story is a next-generation reading platform developed based on Woongjin Think Big’s augmented reality (AR) reading solution ‘ARpedia.’ Using generative AI technology, it reads books in the language of your choice. Won Man-ho, head of Woongjin Think Big’s DX business division, said, “Woongjin Think Big has proven that it possesses unrivaled technology and product capabilities not only in Korea but also on the global stage,” and added, “Since we have established a diverse portfolio that can carry out global education businesses, we will see full-scale overseas market results starting next year.” Reporter Lee Mi-kyung capital@hankyung.com
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