Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong arrested
The chief of Samsung Group Jay Y. Lee is arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal at the highest levels of power in South Korea. Lee is accused of bribing a close friend…
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Bribery scandal increases pressure on Samsung
The Nikkei Asian Review published special edition on Samsung as the pressure on the company turned up by the latest bribery scandal. Tax avoidance scandals and suspicions of bribery are not new to the company….
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Presenting the ANROEV Newsletter ‘OSH Rights’
Occupational safety and Health (OSH) Rights is a quarterly newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety issues in Asia. Issue #39 of the newsletter contains information and news about the campaigns of the network in Asia…
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Closure of half of the mines in the Philippines
The Philippines closed down 23 mines in a government campaign to fight environmental degradation. The mines that have been shut down are mostly nickel producers that account for about half of the output in the…
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A Hard-won Ruling: South Korean Court Cites LCD Chemical Exposure at Samsung as Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
An appellate panel of Seoul’s administrative court has ruled a former Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. worker’s multiple sclerosis was caused by a combination of overwork and chemical exposure at the company’s LCD unit: a first-of-its-kind….
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Chinese Samsung battery factory caught fire
A factory that made batteries for the explosion-prone Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caught fire last week. Pictures of black smoke coming out of the plant were circulating on Weibo (the Chinese version of Twitter)….
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Apple considers importing and selling refurbished iPhones in India
As a possible condition of starting local manufacturing in India, Apple considers to import and sell refurbished iPhones in the country. According to a Bloomberg source, the idea is included in Apple’s wish list of…
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SK Hynix and Toshiba strengthen ties in effort to bulk up against Samsung Electronics
The South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix offers to invest 3 trillion won ($2,62 billion) in the chipmaking operations of the Japanese manufacturer Toshiba. SK Hynix, the fifth-largest player in the global market for NAND flash…
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Fairphone created a list of 10 materials to focus on
Fairphone aims to support fair materials and incorporate them into their smartphones. Since smartphones contain hundreds of different materials, Fairphone decided to prioritize. Together with The Dragonfly Initiative, they created an overview of key sustainability…
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Samsung’s exploding batteries raise questions about industry standards
Samsung’s announcement that defective batteries caused its Note 7 phones to explode has led a U.S. consumer-safety regulator to call voluntary industry standards into question. Samsung’s announcement that defective batteries caused its Note 7 phones…