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South Korea accuses nine people of selling Samsung technology to a Chinese rival
Eleven people and two companies from South Korea have been accused of selling confidential information from Samsung to a rival Chinese company. In return they would have received about $ 14 million from two representatives of the company's competitors.
Bloomberg discloses in a publication in which it is highlighted that the technology sold in question is related to the processes and methods of development of the features curved OLED screens of Samsung, which have become one of the identifying signs of the smartphones of the signature on the Galaxy S and Note lines. The use of 3D panel lamination is one of the South Korean firm's fields of expertise, which declares itself surprised at what happened:
Concern in Korea
As Samsung itself reflects in its statement, this discovery comes at a sensitive time for the Korean technology sector, which is seeing its Asian neighbors on the accelerator and companies like Huawei or Xiaomi start an escalation that could end sooner rather than later with the South Korean leadership in the table of manufacturers by volume of sales. Also, the company is currently prepared its next flagship, the Galaxy S10, where at least two models of them will feature a screen with the aforementioned curved edges.
According to the investigators, the persons accused were information and models of the technology between May and August, being surprised to carry a ship with material in the direction of China. In the last six years, Samsung has invested more than 100 million dollars in the development of technology characteristic of its most emblematic terminals. H. T.