- Choi Jin-seok, a former Hynix engineer, was indicted in South Korea for stealing Samsung’s technology to build a copycat memory chip plant in China.
- Korean prosecutors allege that Choi tasked his Korean employees with acquiring detailed data of Samsung's memory chip plants.
- The case highlights China's aggressive efforts to acquire South Korean technology amidst the US-China tech war.
- Choi's company, CHJS High Technologies, was only able to raise $350mn from Chinese investors for the project, billions of dollars short of what its ambitions required.
- Choi's mission to re-emerge as a leading light in the Chinese semiconductor industry ultimately failed.
The South Korean ‘master’ of chips accused of sharing secrets with China
Choi Jin-seok denies stealing Samsung technology. But the case underscores how the country is torn between geopolitical rivals
Eleanor Olcott
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