Ex-Samsung executive charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, South Korean prosecutors say
Samsung is one of the world's largest makers of memory chips and smartphones, and its overall turnover is equiv alent to about one-fifth of South Korea's gross domestic product.
The material he stole was classified as"national core technology" - innovations designated by South Korean law as potentially having a major negative impact on national security and the economy if disclosed overseas. Samsung is one of the world's largest makers of memory chips and smartphones, and its overall turnover is equivalent to about one-fifth of South Korea's gross domestic product.
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