At the Seokwang Hi Tech factory on the southern outskirts of Seoul half of the production lines making parts for semiconductor equipment sit idle.
The company took out a Won1bn ($860,000) loan a year ago to expand its production facilities and cash in on booming orders. But a two-year boom in computer memory chips has turned; prices started falling late last year.
Already struggling to meet its interest payments, Seokwang Hi Tech has had to sack 30 per cent of its workforce, as sales have fallen 50 per cent this year.
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