The Nikkei News recently quoted a report submitted to the National Assembly by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) as saying that 67% of the technology leaks seized in South Korea in the past five years up to 2019 were leaks to China, many involving the dominant fields of South Korean companies such as semiconductors, displays and shipbuilding.
Samsung Electronics, the largest electronics industry company in South Korea, has been taking steps to avoid technology outflows to China. For example, Samsung employees must disable the smartphone camera and recording function when entering the laboratory or factory; in one of the laboratories, print paper with metal foil to prevent employees from printing confidential information, employees are prohibited from taking the information out of the laboratory without permission, otherwise an alarm will sound when leaving the building.
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