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Fired Samsung worker ends tower protest following apology

by Associated Press
| May 29, 2020 5:03 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A former Samsung employee who spent nearly a year protesting his firing by living atop a 25-meter (82-foot) traffic camera tower in South Korea’s capital was helped back down Friday after the business giant apologized over his plight.

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