'It was the work that killed him': Samsung workers still exposed to chemicals
Célio Fioretti, correspondent in Seoul (South Korea)
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Lawyer Lee Jong-ran shows a portrait of a former employee who developed breast cancer after working at a Samsung semiconductor company. JEAN CHUNG / Getty/AFP
In 2018, South Korean electronics giant Samsung acknowledged its responsibility for its employees' cancers and promised compensation and enhanced safety measures. While the group has revised its practices, workers' families are denouncing insufficient safety protocols.
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I subscribe"It was the work that killed him, I don't see any other explanation," says Myeongji (*), widow of Myeongcheol (*), who was employed at a Samsung factory in South Korea from 2010 to 2024. In the summer of 2025, the worker died of a brain tumor. For his wife and colleagues, this death illustrates the dangerous working conditions in the group's factories.
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