In Samsung's War at Home, an Apology to Cancer-Stricken Workers

In an abrupt about-face, Samsung Electronics today issued a public apology to workers who contracted rare cancers linked to chemicals at its semiconductor plants and to the surviving family members it sometimes battled in South Korea’s courts during a struggle that has stretched for seven years. The company also said it is committed to compensating workers and their families. We highlighted this struggle, and Samsung’s treatment of the workers’ families, in a feature I wrote for the magazine’s April 14 issue, “Samsung’s War at Home.”