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Delivery trucks are parked at a parcel terminal in Seoul on Aug. 14. [YONHAP]

KCTU wants to stop overnight deliveries, but drivers prefer the late-night shifts

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions has proposed banning parcel deliveries between midnight and 5 a.m. to prevent deaths from overwork, but data shows most night-shift couriers work exclusively at night and choose the shift for higher pay.

2025.11.12

Visitors line up at a London Bagel Museum store in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Oct. 30. [NEWS1]

Labor Ministry expands investigation to all London Bagel Museum branches and affiliates

The Ministry of Employment and Labor has expanded its labor inspection of the bakery chain London Bagel Museum to cover all of its branches and affiliated companies after allegations emerged that a worker died from overwork.

2025.11.4

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A post on an online community claims that while the death of a London Bagel Museum employee from overwork drew public attention, the overwork of medical residents often goes unnoticed. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Bakery employee's death spurs online debate about others working similar hours, 'selective empathy'

A person claiming to be a doctor wrote online that the recent public outcry over the suspected death from overwork of a bakery employee was “selective empathy,” noting that doctors and self-employed workers regularly put in similarly long hours.

2025.10.30

Office buildings in downtown Seoul turned their lights on in the evening last November. [NEWS1]

52-hour workweek is reducing overtime work, study shows

Korea's 52-hour workweek has led to a decline in overtime work, according to a new study from the Korea Enterprises Foundation.

2024.2.15

Employees working at Coupang logistics' center [JOONGANG PHOTO]

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Coupang and employees clash over spate of worker deaths

A rift between e-commerce giant Coupang and its gig workers is deepening in the wake of a series of deaths from apparent overwork while on duty.

2023.10.17

Delivery workers sort packages at a warehouse in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 3. [NEWS1]

Logistic firms lay on delivery workers for holiday

Four major logistics companies will employ 10,000 more workers starting next week ahead of the Chuseok holiday season.

2021.9.3

Members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union hold a press conference concerning government support for 134 medical institutions at the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union office in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul, on Wednesday. During the press conference, union members said that the health workers cannot keep up with K-quarantine. They demanded basic necessities for a better work environment such as more manpower in the public health centers. If the government does not implement real solutions, the union said that they will go on strike on Sept. 2. [NEWS1]

Health workers call it quits under increased demand from pandemic

Many exhausted public health workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic are leaving their jobs or taking long-term leaves.

2021.8.18

A committee dedicated to preventing deaths of delivery from overwork demands Coupang make a formal apology and offer countermeasures to prevent similar incidents at a press event held in front of the e-commerce operator’s headquarters in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Monday. [NEWS1]

Coupang delivery worker dies days before NYSE listing

Coupang is facing another death-from-overwork claim just days before it is set for a monster listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

2021.3.8

Members of a committee designed to prevent deaths of delivery workers speak at a press event held in central Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Strike averted as delivery-worker deal signed

Working conditions for deliverymen are set to improve, and a strike has been avoided, after an agreement was reached Thursday by a broad group of stakeholders which included the workers and the logistics companies.

2021.1.21

[Video] Sorting out the delivery deaths

Delivery drivers overworking has been an issue for many years. But it recently received a lot of attention when 15 workers died during a very busy time earlier this year. Among them were a Logen deliveryman based in...

2021.1.6