South Korea labour minister calls on tech firms to share excess AI profits with suppliers, staffIn an interview, Kim Young-hoon told Reuters that companies like Samsung Electronics that outperform profit targets should consider sharing...
05 Jun, 2026, 08.05 AM IST
Samsung minority union challenges bonus deal in courtA labour union representing several thousand Samsung Electronics employees asked a court on Tuesday to nullify a bonus agreement between th...
02 Jun, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Explained: Why Indian stock market has fallen prey to South Korea, Taiwan’s AI prowessSouth Korea's stock market has surged past India's, becoming the world's sixth-largest, driven by its semiconductor giants' AI boom. India ...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
SK Hynix pans to double wafer capacity in next five years, group chairman saysChey Tae-won was speaking at the Computex conference in Taipei, where executives from some of the world's top technology companies, includ...
02 Jun, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
AI bubble debate gets real as chip stocks rallyChipmaker stocks are soaring, leading to a debate about an artificial intelligence bubble. Demand for AI data center chips is driving price...
01 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Anthropic eclipses OpenAI with valuation of $965 billionAnthropic PBC has raised funding at a $965 billion valuation, overtaking rival OpenAI for the first time. The round was led by Altimeter Ca...
29 May, 2026, 08.58 AM IST
Xiaomi brings in South Asia head to revive Indian operationsChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is bringing in Alexander Tang to head its India business as it looks to revive falling market share and imp...
29 May, 2026, 08.52 AM IST
Byju gets jail term; SC backs 28% gaming GSTLegal troubles compounded for Byju Raveendran as a Singapore court sentenced him to six months in jail. This and more in today’s ETtech Top...
27 May, 2026, 07.48 PM 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 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 chip employees to get average $338,000 bonus under strike dealSamsung chip workers will get big bonuses. An agreement was reached to avoid a strike. Employees in the semiconductor division will share p...
21 May, 2026, 06.43 PM IST
Samsung union says to embark on 48,000-strong strike on Thursday after impasse on bonusesSamsung Electronics workers plan a major strike on Thursday. Talks over bonus payments have stalled. This action could disrupt South Korea'...
20 May, 2026, 02.06 PM IST
What are Samsung union workers demanding and how might a strike play out?Samsung Electronics faces its worst-ever strike as nearly 48,000 workers threaten an 18-day walkout over bonus payouts. The union demands t...
19 May, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Samsung, labour union meet again as Seoul threatens to intervene to block strikeSamsung Electronics and its labor union are in crucial government-led talks. The aim is to resolve a dispute over pay and bonuses. A strike...
19 May, 2026, 09.24 AM IST
Samsung Electronics and its South Korean union resume pay talks as strike risks loomSamsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union will resume government-mediated pay talks on Monday in an effort to avoid a strike pl...
18 May, 2026, 06.31 AM IST