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Samsung signs deal to compensate factory cancer victims
https://www.dw.com/en/samsung-signs-deal-to-compensate-factory-cancer-victims/a-46419270Samsung signs deal to compensate factory cancer victims
Date 23.11.2018
Samsung on Friday signed a settlement to compensate workers who developed cancer, admitting responsibility for security lapses at several factories. The deal covers 16 types of cancer, other diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and miscarriages, as well as congenital conditions affecting workers' children. Samsung will be required to pay compensation of up to 150 million won ($130,000, €115,000) per case.
According to campaign groups, some 240 people have suffered from work-related illnesses after being employed on semiconductor and liquid crystal display production lines.
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The scandal emerged in 2007 when the Hwang Sang-gi, the father of a former worker, refused to sign a settlement over the death of his 23-year-old daughter, a Samsung employee who died of leukemia. Hwang Sang-gi said he was pleased to have fulfilled a promise to his daughter, Yu-mi, to prove that Samsung was to blame for her death.
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