SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Distrust generated by scandals over pesticide-riddled eggs, the supposed presence of harmful chemical substances in women’s sanitary pads and hazardous humidifier disinfectants has caused more Koreans to look abroad for solutions to everyday needs. The preference for goods that come with the “Western Advanced Nation” tag that oft emerges [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC said Thursday it will shut down its plant in South Korea this month as its sales were hit hard by the humidifier sterilizer case that took over 100 lives. Oxy Reckitt Benckiser (or RB Korea), a wholly owned unit of the British consumer giant, will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a former head of Reckitt Benckiser’s local unit to seven years in prison, more than five years after the scandal over the household goods maker’s toxic humidifier sterilizers came to light. The Seoul Central District Court convicted Shin Hyun-woo, 68, of selling the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser attended a court hearing Tuesday, apologizing to the victims of the company’s toxic humidifier sterilizer products. Ata Safdar appeared at the Seoul Central District Court as the representing director of the Korean unit of the British firm, which is standing trial as a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of Britain-based Reckitt Benckiser formally apologized over its toxic humidifier sterilizers that claimed many lives in South Korea, a parliamentary special committee probing the scandal said Thursday. The so-called Oxy humidifier disinfectant case came to light after four pregnant women died of unknown lung problems in 2011. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Oxy Reckitt Benckiser (RB) may have finalized its toxic humidifier sterilizer compensation plan, but victims and their families are still not convinced. Instead, they’re criticizing the company for applying a double standard to the compensatory measures. “Oxy RB is the biggest aggressor in the toxic sterilizer tragedy. It concealed [...]
SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Oxy Reckitt Benckiser on Sunday announced its compensation plans for South Koreans who died or became seriously ill after using its toxic humidifier sanitizers, despite victims still demanding an apology from the company’s British headquarters. After holding three rounds of negotiations with the victims and their families over compensation, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The CEO of Google Korea who formerly headed the local unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned again by prosecutors Tuesday to face questions over the British firm’s toxic humidifier sterilizer which has caused numerous deaths and illnesses here. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office summoned John Lee as a [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Friday that it would offer partial living and caretaking costs for low income victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants this year, as a high-profile probe into the case is gaining momentum. The latest measure is in addition to a state support program, which was launched [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The CEO of Google Korea who formerly headed the local unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned by prosecutors Monday to face questions over the British firm’s toxic humidifier sterilizers which resulted in numerous deaths and illnesses here. John Lee appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern [...]