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