Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, wants to re-create the Chinese production model in the U.S. It is yet another multinational jumping on the ‘made in America’ campaign of U.S. President Trump. In…
One month after the fire in the House Technology Industries (HTI) that left many workers injured and still many others unaccounted for and possibly dead, a workplace safety NGO said the government refuses to learn…
Thousands of workers milled around the gate of the construction site of a Samsung Display factory in Vietnam, scuttling with private security forces after security guards threw a worker to the ground, according to multiple…
This week, Samsung’s modern face is on full display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where tech industry giants are gathering to unveil the latest smartphones, tablets and mobile technology. What they don’t show…
Since 2010, Greenpeace has been calling on major internet companies to power their data centers on renewable energy. Since then, there has been a real race to adopt renewable energy. On January 10, Greenpeace released…
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd vice chairman now under arrest on bribery charges, must be punished to the full extent of the law if convicted, The Financial Times insisted in a February 19 editorial….
According to news agency Yonhap, two senior Samsung Group executives have offered to resign. They take responsibility in the involvement of the conglomerate in the corruption scandal that led to the arrest of Lee Jae-Yong…
Electronic waste is becoming an increasing problem in Asia. There is no sufficient pre-existing infrastructure to deal with the growing amount of e-waste. A particular concern is the variety of environmentally deleterious chemicals like mercury,…
The Ministry of Labor and Employment submitted a proposal to amend the Factories Act, 1948, a central law that defines health and safety measures for workers. The government argues that these amendments are necessary to…
On February 28 and March 1, 2017, SETEM Catalunya organizes the Mobile Social Congress in Barcelona as an alternative to the Mobile World Congress. The Mobile Social Congress will focus on the impact of activities…