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….
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….
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)….
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…
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…
South Korean prosecutors call for arrest of Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong on charges of bribery (Updated)
Samsung and its heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong are under pressure due to a major corruption scandal in South Korea, which involves the country’s president. Lee Jae-yong, the current vice chairman of Samsung, is accused of bribing…
Sign the open letter: tell Samsung to stop poisoning workers
The U.S. non-profit organisation Green America is inviting people to sign their open letter to Samsung’s management, to tell them to stop poisoning workers and to protect their workers’ rights. Green America cites cases of…
‘We don’t eat batteries’: the impact of lithium mining on Chile and Argentina’s Atacamas
The Washington Post has recently published the third instalment of its series on the human toll of the fast-growing demand for lithium-ion batteries. Having already published articles about cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of…
In response to reports of labour rights violations, Samsung introduces new Migrant Worker Guidelines
After the recent publication of an article that detailed the violations of workers’ rights in Samsung factories in Malaysia, Samsung has announced new Migrant Worker Guidelines. In the article from the Guardian, Samsung announced that…