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.
He has been sentenced for 18 months in jail.
The annual changes were finally revealed after being pushed back because of the criminal trials faced by its de facto leader.
Samsung's de factor leader also visited the company's plant based in Xi'an.
Chairman Lee Kun-hee built Samsung Electronics into a global giant in tech and electronics.
Samsung will limit the battery charging cap for Galaxy Note 7 users to 60 percent through a Over-the-Air (OTA) software upgrade on September 20 following more explosions.
Samsung has begun mass producing its dual pixel image sensors that allow DSLR camera-level photo taking in the dark, which first feature on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.
Samsung will invest 133 trillion won -- around $115 billion -- into its logic chip businesses such as processors and contract chip making by 2030 to become the market leader.
Samsung heir-apparent Jay Y Lee has been named a board member at the Samsung Electronics shareholders' meeting, coming to the forefront to run South Korea's largest conglomerate.
Samsung's mobile division has posted 3.89 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in operating profits out of 6.68 trillion won ($5.83 billion) for the first quarter of 2016 thanks to strong sales of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge -- its strongest performance in nearly two years.
The Galaxy Note 7 will have significantly improved Note features as well as upgraded software for convenience of use, Samsung's mobile chief has said.