Trial starts for Korean chip exec accused of stealing Samsung secrets for China factory
Prosecutors have alleged that Choi Jinseog, stole sensitive information developed by the world's top memory chipmaker to help his client set up a chip factory in China.
Letter from prison: South Korean chip exec denies stealing Samsung data for China factory
Prosecutors earlier this month indicted the former Samsung executive for illegally obtaining secret information to build a semiconductor plant only 1.5km from a Samsung factory in Xian, China.
South Korea police arrest dozens for corporate spying after probe, reports say
Most cases only involved domestic companies, although eight were related to the leak of technology secrets to China or other countries.
