[amonette]

Many Samsung buildings in Seoul are simply regular apartments - Samsung and other chaebols (family-controlled megaconglomerates) have divisions in many more sectors of the domestic economy than one sees in the rest of the world. In particular, in South Korea Samsung manufactures a large portion of the country's automobiles, and developed and owns much of the residential real estate.

[contingencies]

Many Samsung buildings in Suwon, Samsung's HQ town slightly south of Seoul, are still company dorms. I went there for 10 days and it scared the hell out of me.