SEOUL -- One after another of South Korea's biggest companies has bowed to pressure from below to raise pay in a country where salary was long linked to seniority.
Junior employees at nation's top companies frustrated with seniority-based salary scales

After a revolt among younger employees, chipmaker SK Hynix drastically increased bonuses this year. (Photo courtesy of SK Hynix)
SEOUL -- One after another of South Korea's biggest companies has bowed to pressure from below to raise pay in a country where salary was long linked to seniority.