Samsung Electronics is facing a strike as 48,000 workers demand bigger bonuses and profit sharing. Samsung recently joined the trillion-dollar club as shares have more doubled this year on the AI chip boom.

Buy Samsung Electronics. The market is pricing a worst-case supply shock, but the government is signaling “room for dialogue” and emergency arbitration is only used rarely (4 times in modern history).

By Jack Kim SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' labour union plans to embark on a massive 18-day strike on Thursday after bonus payment talks with management collapsed and attention is now focused on whether the government will issue an emergency arbitration order.

South ​Korea's ​labour minister will personally mediate talks ​between ‌Samsung ⁠Electronics and ‌its South Korean ⁠union, the ministry announced Thursday after the union threatened a strike

Micron stock was falling despite the prospect of disruption at rival Samsung Electronics.

Dua Lipa is suing Samsung Electronics for $15 million over claims it used her image on TV packaging without permission.

SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee apologised to customers and the public on Saturday over the company's wage dispute with its South Korean labour union ahead of a possible strike that could shake the economy.

Samsung Electronics manages a wide portfolio of products, making everything from fridges to phones. Increasingly, however, its business centres on chipmaking. Semiconductors accounted for 61% of sales and 94% of operating profits in the first quarter.