Samsung apologises to sick factory workers

Samsung Electronics' co-chief executive Kim Ki-nam bows during a ceremony to sign an agreement to compensate its local chip and display factory workers who have suffered from work-related illnesses at an event in Seoul, South Korea November 23, 2018. [Courtesy]

Samsung has formally apologised to employees who fell sick or died after working in its factories.

In the apology, Samsung President Kim Ki-nam said staff and families had “suffered” because the South Korean company had been too slow to act.