Six South Korean nationals were indicted for leaking the country’s national core technology to China. The stolen technologies pertain to the Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) used in manufacturing semiconductor wafers.
The Technology and Design Police Division of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office said on Jan. 26 that they arrested three people and charged three others without detention for violating the Industrial Technology Protection Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Yonhap News Agency reported.
