SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Children’s Memorial Park, where children who pass away after suffering from cancer and leukemia can rest in peace, will be built in South Korea for the very first time. HiFamily, a South Korean protestant organization, will be opening the Andersen Memorial Park inside ‘W-Story’, a family theme park [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court on Thursday ruled that an employee suffering from leukemia after working at Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip production line should be recognized as a victim of an industrial accident. The verdict is the latest chapter in a controversy centered on the safety of the work environment [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. made a formal apology Friday to all victims of work-related diseases who were employed at the company’s chip and display production lines, settling the long-standing dispute that lasted for more than a decade. Samsung Electronics President and CEO Kim Ki-nam, who heads the tech giant’s crucial [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The settlement process to resolve the dispute between Samsung Electronics Co. and its former employees suffering from work-related illnesses is behind schedule, industry sources said Wednesday, apparently as their mediation committee is still contemplating details on compensation. In July, South Korea’s top chipmaker and an advocacy group representing victims [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of Banollim, a civic group that advocates for the welfare of semiconductor factory workers, held a demonstration outside the Samsung Electronics head office in Seoul to commemorate the 1,000th day of protest following the death of a Samsung employee. Banollim is composed of individuals whose family members died [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A new report has found that female semiconductor workers in South Korea are nearly two and a half times more likely to develop leukemia than workers in other occupations. The worrying revelation comes as data released by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency shows that female workers in the [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s health authorities are considering a suspension of health insurance reimbursement for imatinib, a highly effective leukemia drug sold under the brand name of Gleevec (or Glivec), after its maker Novartis was found to have provided illegal kickbacks to doctors. The Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company was investigated by prosecutors [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by a lower court that South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is not to blame for the leukemia death of one of its former employees at a chipmaking facility, citing a lack of evidence. In 2010, five people, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has delivered a letter of apology to the families of its workers who fell ill or died from working at its facilities, claiming that the eight-year-long dispute has came to an end. “On Thursday, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun met with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. agreed Tuesday with victims of leukemia and other work-related diseases to ramp up efforts to improve working conditions at its plants in order to prevent workplace disasters. The deal, signed by representatives from Samsung Electronics and two groups representing the victims and their families, calls for [...]