South Korea stifling Samsung workers’ US$400,000 bonus strike risks wider crisis

Samsung Shares Jump After Leaders Resume High-Stakes Union Talks

Samsung strike fears ease after court ruling

Labor disputes over performance-based pay and profit sharing were spilling over to major Korean industries Monday, with companies like Samsung Biologics and Kakao Corp. facing standoffs with unionized workers.

The talks resume days after a first round of ​government-mediated negotiations over pay and bonus schemes collapsed, ahead of a strike scheduled to begin on Thursday ​at the world's largest memory chipmaker.