SEOUL, May 15 : Samsung Electronics' South Korean labour union said on Friday it remained committed to a planned strike starting next week, even after the company proposed resuming pay talks without conditions, sending shares down as much as 5.9 per cent. Government-mediated negotiations between the union a

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Samsung Electronics reversed steep intraday losses after South Korea’s government urged labor and management to resume talks.