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They claim they're not trying to violate workers' right to strike.
They're just trying to prevent disruptions to production.
Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.
Union leaders say they expect some 40,000 workers to join a rally for higher wages next week.
If that doesn't work, workers could go on strike next month, which they warn could cost Samsung up to around $20 billion in lost revenues.
High demand and high prices for memory chips used in AI servers helped Samsung's profits jump by 755% to $38 billion in the first quarter of this year on revenues of about $90 billion.
Unionized workers want 15% of operating profits to go into their performance-based bonuses.
Samsung's management, meanwhile, sought a court injunction this week to prevent the strike.
They claim they're not trying to violate workers' right to strike.
They're just trying to prevent disruptions to production.
Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.
Japan's Kyoto News Agency and public broadcaster NHK quote anonymous sources as saying that the suspect scaled a wall, broke into the embassy, and threatened to kill Chinese diplomats.
The reports say the suspect had on him a Japanese military ID and a knife was found at the scene.
Chinese embassy staff detained the man and nobody was injured.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a press briefing in Beijing that China is asking Japan for a thorough investigation and punishment for the person responsible.
Ties between Beijing and Tokyo have been strained since last November, when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi warned of possible Japanese military involvement if China blockades or attacks Taiwan.
Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from near the capital Pyongyang and flew eastward into the sea.
Japan also detected the test and filed a protest pointing out that the launch violates U.N.