SEOUL -- South Korea will create a database of chip engineers to monitor their travel in and out of the country in a bid to discourage poaching by Chinese companies and keep key technology from making its way into foreign hands.
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South Korea to track travel by chip engineers as tech leaks grow
New defenses against Chinese headhunting also cover batteries, OLEDs and more
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Workers in a semiconductor factory in South Korea, where chips are considered a pillar of the economy and accounted for about 20% of total exports in 2021.
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