Samsung electronics apologises for factory cancer cases
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics apologised Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at its semiconductor factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world's top chipmaker.
"We sincerely apologise to the workers who suffered from illness and their families," said the firm's co-president Kim Ki-nam.
"We have failed to properly manage health risks at our semiconductor and LCD factories."
Samsung Electronics is the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer and chipmaker and the flagship subsidiary of the…