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Samsung crashes 8.6%, KOSPI slumps 6% to 7,493 on memory panic

Union confirms May 21 eighteen-day all-out strike. SK Hynix falls 7.7% in tandem. JPMorgan estimates 210–310 billion won operating profit hit; Seoul calculates 4 trillion won loss.

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