“Documentary manhwa about Samsung worker Hwang Yu-mi's leukemia death and father's fight against company.”
The Smell Of People
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Documentary manhwa about Samsung worker Hwang Yu-mi's leukemia death and father's fight against company.
Kim Su-Bak's documentary manhwa about Hwang Yu-mi, a young Korean woman who contracted occupational leukemia while working at a Samsung Electronics semiconductor factory and ended up dying in 2007. It follows her life at the factory and the horrible work conditions imposed by Samsung on unqualified workers, and her father Hwang Sang-gi's subsequent battle with the company.
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Smell Of People begins and ends here.
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 2 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 16m approx
- Published Apr 2012 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M63128 catalog