Samsung Electronics reported earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 2017. For the quarter, the company put its operating profit at KRW 15.1 trillion ($14.1 billion), compared with KRW 9.2 trillion a year earlier. Sales rose 24% to KRW 66 trillion ($61.8 billion), also at a record high. For the year 2017, the company's operating income stood at KRW 53.6 trillion ($50.2 billion), a 83% surge from 2016, on sales of KRW 239.6 trillion ($224.2 billion), up 19% from the previous year.