According to DataBeat monitoring, Bloomberg reported that tens of thousands of people gathered outside Samsung Electronics' main chip production base, demanding a larger share of the profits from the artificial intelligence boom.
Local police told the media that about 30,000 people participated in the rally held in the southern South Korean city of Pyeongtaek, where Samsung's large semiconductor complex is located, while the organizers claimed the number was 39,000. The Samsung union is demanding that 15% of the company's operating profit be allocated to chip division employees. Based on this percentage (over 40 trillion Korean won, approximately $27 billion), each employee may receive over $400,000 on average.
