Small business owners gathered outside Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek semiconductor campus to urge the company's labor union to withdraw strike.

SEOUL, May 17 — South Korea will pursue all options, including emergency arbitration, to avoid a labour strike at the country’s biggest employer Samsung Electronics and...

South Korea's PM warned of "unimaginable" economic damage. The union wants 15% of operating profit. Samsung has offered 10%. The deadline is May 21.

While crisis has put South Korea on edge, government threatened to order arbitration

Samsung Electronics management and its labour union resumed negotiations on Wednesday ahead of a threatened 18-day strike by nearly 48,000 workers starting Thursday.