Samsung has committed to inspecting 250 Chinese companies which make its products to ensure no labour laws are broken, after a US-based group accused one of its suppliers of using child labour.
New York-based China Labor Watch said last month seven children younger than 16 were working in the factory that makes phones and DVD players for Samsung, Miyoung Kim reports.
See the story here at Reuters.
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