On May 17, Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean Prime Minister Kim Moo-sung said on Sunday that all options, including emergency arbitration, would be explored to avoid a strike at Samsung Electronics, and urged both labor and management to compromise in wage negotiations. Previously, the labor-management negotiations at Samsung Electronics broke down, and the labor union announced that an 18-day strike would commence from May 21, with estimated losses potentially exceeding 180 billion yuan.
