I see that America has finally rubbed off on the Koreans. Looks like their judges think things through though.
Fire and fury in Korea: Samsung burns Note 7 owners in lawsuit
Samsung has seen off a class action brought by Koreans burned-out by the need to return their flammable Galaxy Note 7 phablets. The Note 7 infamously included a battery that Samsung required to have unusually high energy density and nestled it into a space that gave it no breathing room. The result was numerous fires, airlines …
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Thursday 10th August 2017 14:41 GMT theblackhand
I don't believe this has anything to do with America.
I worked for a FMCG manufacturer in the past, and in Korea there was a very high level of scrutinisation of our products by consumers.
i.e. if there were flaws in the printing of packaging such as ink runs of cardboard/product matter between the cardboard packaging and plastic shrink wrap, a customer would expect to get 10-20 free items to remain "happy" with our products base don forum posts.
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Sunday 13th August 2017 21:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Hmm.
Im sorry, I don't quite understand, , here is what I am referring to:
"Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong and four other senior executives from the electronics giant were indicted Tuesday on charges including embezzlement and bribery, South Korean prosecutors said.
Lee is the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker. He is accused of paying $36 million in bribes to entities run by Choi Soon-sil, a friend of the impeached President Park Geun-hye, in return for the government's backing of a merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Lee was arrested Feb. 17".
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