Cho Mu-hyun is based in Seoul, South Korea and covers global tech conglomerates Samsung, LG and technology news in Asia. His English name is Joe and it rhymes with his last name.
Injong Rhee, a key Samsung executive behind Samsung Pay, Knox, and Bixby, will join Google as an entrepreneur-in-residence.
Samsung Electronics has overhauled its top leadership line-up after three years of minimal changes, reflecting the sense of urgency surrounding the conglomerate.
Samsung's annual leadership reshuffle has seen Koh Dong-jin named as president and head of the mobile division, with JK Shin to stay on as CEO
Samsung Electronics has promoted 221 senior executives, the most since 2013, with 99 of them from the highly profitable semiconductor business.
LG Electronics' naming of a new mobile boss shows that the company will focus on offering more Internet of Things (IoT) services to leverage its home appliance dominance.