[Photo] 'Earnings Shock' Samsung Electronics "1Q Also Difficult... Expect Recovery in 2H"

On the 31st, Samsung Electronics announced that it recorded consolidated sales of 70.4646 trillion KRW and an operating profit of 4.3061 trillion KRW in the fourth quarter of last year. The photo shows the Samsung Seocho Building in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Samsung Electronics' annual performance amounted to sales of 302.2314 trillion KRW and an operating profit of 43.3766 trillion KRW. Compared to the previous year, sales increased by 8.09%, but operating profit decreased by 15.99%. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@