Korea’s chip bonus quarrel

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South Korea is locked in a fiery debate about who gets to benefit from the windfall profits coming to memory chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix this year (and likely next). The two companies’ unions are demanding a share of operating profit as bonuses, while shareholders are pushing back and urging the money be reinvested in technology or M&A. There are no easy solutions to this clash, Yoolim Lee writes in today’s Tech In Depth.

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