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[THINK ENGLISH] 현대백화점 정지선 회장, 중대재해법 적용될까 Hyundai Department Store executives could be jailed or fined under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act following a fire at a Hyundai Premium Outlet location that killed seven. The Ministry of Employment and Labor has initiated an investigation... 2022.10.5
![Workers operate at an apartment construction site in Seoul on Aug. 11, as the government begins a crackdown on illegal subcontracting at construction sites. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12040721.jpg?imageId=12040721&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, speaks at a Cabinet meeting at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12084225.jpg?imageId=12084225&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Chung Ji-sun, group chairman of Hyundai Department Store, apologizes to families of those who died of in the Hyundai Premium Outlet fire, on Tuesday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11692226.jpg?imageId=11692226&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)