SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors said Friday they have decided not to file charges against the local unit of McDonald’s after wrapping up their reinvestigation into the so-called hamburger disease case involving some local consumers of the American fast food giant. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said it has decided [...]
ANSAN/SUWON, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — One hundred students and teachers at a kindergarten in Ansan, just south of Seoul, have complained of food poisoning symptoms over the past week, with about one third of them hospitalized for hamburger disease and other disorders, municipal health officials said Thursday. According to the officials in Ansan, about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with a girl suffering from so-called “hamburger disease” to pay medical bills for her treatment, in an apparent effort to ease negative public sentiment over the U.S. fast food chain. A mother filed a complaint against the Korean arm of [...]