Samsung appliance workers protest chip bonus gap

Samsung's Device eXperience division workers plan to rally near the Suwon headquarters on July 16 over a bonus gap with semiconductor staff. Consumer workers receive about 6 million won in 2026 bonuses versus up to 600 million won for chip workers, a roughly 100-to-1 disparity. The chip bonus deal was the second time a major Korean company put a percentage profit-share commitment into a binding contract.