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Gov’t to Enhance Safety Monitoring of Children’s Products Sold Online


This file photo, taken May 28, 2024, shows children's products purchased from overseas shopping platforms that failed to meet local safety standards displayed at Seoul City Hall. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

This file photo, taken May 28, 2024, shows children’s products purchased from overseas shopping platforms that failed to meet local safety standards displayed at Seoul City Hall. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) South Korea’s standards agency unveiled a blueprint Wednesday for enhancing its monitoring of children’s products sold on overseas shopping platforms amid growing concerns over the influx of goods that fail to meet local safety standards.

The plan, which will run through 2027, comes amid growing demand for children’s products from overseas online shopping platforms, with the direct purchase volume reaching US$91.8 billion in 2023, up 16 percent from $78.7 billion tallied in 2020.

The agency said safety tests conducted in 2024 on 227 children’s products sold on online platforms showed 32, or 14 percent of the total, contained traces of hazardous elements.

Under the plan, the government will establish legal grounds to require overseas online shopping malls to designate a representative in South Korea and request the removal of certain items from their listings if they are considered to pose safety concerns.

The country will also monitor products recalled in other countries and issue a sales ban if they are imported into South Korea.

“By thoroughly implementing the plan, the government aims to create a safer environment for the use of children’s products,” the ministry said.

(Yonhap)

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