The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling that ordered a humidifier disinfectant manufacturer to pay compensation of 5 million won ($3,820) to a victim who used the company's product.
Government officials spray disinfectant to protect against blood-feeding insects that cause lumpy skin disease among cattle as part of a nationwide pest control campaign, at a livestock farm in Sinan, South Jeolla, on Wednesday.
The Korean government has recognized the causal relations between lung cancer and humidifier disinfectants sold between 1996-2011 that presumably resulted in the deaths of more than 1,800 people.
An employee disinfects his hand using an autonomous disinfectant robot deployed at SK Telecom's headquarters in Euljiro, Jung District, in central Seoul on Tuesday.
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