Back in 2014 Patently Apple posted a report titled "The BBC Report about Apple is motivated by Politics and Unions." It was a hit job on Apple on an epic scale bringing in Ralf Nader and the BBC's Richard Bilton whose disdain for Apple was evident in the documentary titled 'Broken Promises.' The photo below was from that documentary where he's pointing to Apple's cultists with utter contempt. He's the same reporter who reported on the Paradise Papers where he tells us a tale of his own invention against Apple and once again shows us his clear bias. 

The Union group 'China Labor Watch' was at it again in January about violations at an Apple partner plant involving occupational health, safety, pollution and more. In the two major reports about China Labor Watch versus Apple, the press fell over themselves to cover big bad Apple.

On April 05, 2018 Samsung sued the South Korean government over disclosure of reports on working conditions in their chip fabs.

A former Samsung worker who was diagnosed with leukemia died in 2014. The victim's family claimed for access to the reports.

Samsung claims that revealing the reports is an act of infringement of trade secrets, especially at a critical time when China is strategically promoting its semiconductor industry.

A Samsung official stated in a Korean tech report that "The semiconductor production areas are designated by the government as restricted areas for national core technologies, whose security is overseen by the National Intelligence Service. The purpose of filing the lawsuit is to prevent reckless exposure of key technologies and trade secrets to unspecified public."

Below are other Korean reports on this issue:

April 12, 2018: Samsung Display to ask gov't to review workplace report

April 15, 2018: Biz group says disclosure of Samsung' workplace environment should be limited

April 19, 2018: Court accepts Samsung's request to block disclosure of workplace assessment reports

In the April 19th report it noted that "The assessment reports apparently contain results on workers' exposure to some 190 harmful chemical substances within the workplaces. The company is required to submit the reports to the district ministry branch every six months.

April 20, 2018: Samsung Display files administrative suit over sensitive workplace reports

April 20, 2018: Samsung Display joins move to halt disclosure of workplace reports

With the BBC's reporter Richard Bilton chasing Apple to the ends of the earth to report on dangerous working conditions, where's the BBC reporter on this case with Samsung? Apparently it's okay to turn a blind eye if it's not Apple. I guess the Korean Unions just aren't willing to pay for Bilton's smear tactic talents.  

Where's the U.S. press coverage on this case about 190 harmful chemical substances within Samsung's chip plant who killed an employee due to exposure to these chemicals after only working at the plant for three years? If this case had the name Apple assigned to it, it would be the headline on every blog and reputable magazine on the planet worldwide. Apple's stock would be in danger of tumbling for 'colluding with the government.'

You'd think that the number one smartphone company in the world based on volume would at least get a byline from some major publication about how the court is bowing to the whims of Samsung – but no. What is Samsung really afraid of in this case?

Until the big guns in the U.S. press make it an issue, Samsung will continue to get away with hiding the results of the government agency's findings. If Samsung is pulling out all the stops to limit this report, it must be damning.

In the end, it appears that South Korea is more concerned about China challenging their dominance in semiconductors than they are about a few sick or dying employees. It boils down to it being economic warfare and casualties are expected and accepted.

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