SEOUL: South Korean giant Samsung on Thursday posted record quarterly earnings, putting it on course to overtake Apple as the world’s most profitable tech firm as it seeks to move past a bribery scandal and last year’s recall debacle.

The firm said huge sales of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone and demand for its memory chips were behind the jump in April-June and predicted another blockbuster report for the current quarter to September.

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