Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco signals bigger problems at Korea Inc

Seoul

BEFORE a world audience watching online, Samsung on Monday offered details and schematics showing how its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone went from cutting-edge technology to a costly, combustible failure.

But for many of the company's critics, the most interesting part of the presentation was what Samsung did not say: how could such a technologically advanced titan - a symbol of South Korea's considerable industrial might - allow the problems to happen to begin with?

The answer to that question gets to deep shortfalls that former emplo…