Samsung’s $416,000 chip worker bonuses may reshape labour battles in South KoreaSamsung Electronics has agreed to a significant bonus deal with its union, a move that could reshape wage bargaining in South Korea. Memory...
27 May, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
SK Hynix joins $1 trillion club after Samsung, Micron on AI chip boomSK Hynix has crossed the $1 trillion market value mark. This milestone follows similar achievements by rivals Samsung Electronics and Micro...
27 May, 2026, 09.24 AM IST
Samsung workers approve pay deal, shares surgeSamsung Electronics unionized workers have approved a bonus pay deal, averting an 18-day strike. The agreement, however, creates significan...
27 May, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
Samsung consumer electronics union asks court to block vote on pay dealA Samsung Electronics union is challenging a pay deal. The agreement offers large bonuses to chip division workers. Consumer electronics em...
26 May, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
Samsung workers to begin vote on pay dealSAMSUNG-ELEC-Samsung workers to begin vote on pay deal
22 May, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Samsung union to start vote on tentative wage dealSamsung labour union members will vote on a tentative wage deal this week. This agreement averted a major strike at the South Korean chip g...
22 May, 2026, 08.52 AM IST
Samsung asks court to block illegal strike activities by unionsSamsung Electronics has asked a court to block planned union strike activities, which unions have decried as a "declaration of war." Worker...
16 Apr, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Samsung's unionised workers in South Korea approve strike planSamsung Electronics workers in South Korea have voted to authorise a strike. This move deepens a labor dispute over bonuses. The union plan...
18 Mar, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
Samsung strike plan risks chip supply disruption, says union chiefSamsung Electronics' biggest union is threatening to halt chip production. Workers are voting on a strike planned for May. This could impac...
17 Mar, 2026, 07.27 AM IST
S&P, Nasdaq tick higher on US-EU deal optimismAmerican stock markets are near record highs. This follows a trade agreement with the European Union. The agreement involves a 15% tax rate...
28 Jul, 2025, 07.52 PM IST
Slippery footwork leaves its mark in South Korea, which can affect its global business reputationSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency and martial law backfired, leading to an impeachment motion. The opposition...
04 Dec, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Asian stocks slip, rattled by South Korean political unrestThe benchmark Kospi Index fell as much as 2% early Wednesday after South Korea-related assets all dropped overnight. Equities also slipped ...
04 Dec, 2024, 07.10 AM IST
Samsung Electronics says it reaches preliminary wage deal with unionUnion members will vote on the deal for one week starting on Thursday, it said.
14 Nov, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Samsung workers strike, the first in the company's historySamsung workers strike over wage disputes amid Samsung Electronics' battle to regain edge in memory chip business crucial for AI systems, c...
07 Jun, 2024, 07.00 AM IST
Joe Biden opens Asia trip with global issues and tech on agendaThe Samsung visit was a nod to one of Biden's key domestic priorities: increasing the supply of computer chips. A semiconductor shortage la...
20 May, 2022, 06.29 PM IST
Only a few PLI sectors might succeed; most of them risk failure. Swaminathan Aiyar explains whyWhy should the government pick winners instead of letting market competition decide that? In the 1990s, nobody thought that software, autos...
14 Feb, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
The return of Reddy brothers may alter Karnataka politics once againThe turning point came in 1999, when the Reddys threw their might behind Sushma Swaraj, who took on Sonia Gandhi in a highprofile election ...
22 Apr, 2018, 08.35 PM IST