Multinational drug firms parsimonious on donations

Foreign pharmaceutical companies have come under strong criticism here due to their stingy donations over the past several years.

According to a pharmaceutical information provider Yakup.com, 29 foreign invested firms donated a total of 17 billion won to Korean society last year accounting for 0.4 percent of their revenues.

AstraZeneca Korea, U.K. health care group, made the biggest donat...