SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Packaging tape used for parcel delivery services have been printed with the stories of individuals who overcame addiction to gambling. The state-run Korea Center on Gambling Problems said Wednesday it had distributed 5,000 units of packaging tape printed with stories of gambling addiction recovery to 15 post offices across [...]
SEOUL/BUSAN, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized parcel delivery workers are demanding better working conditions to cope with the intense summer heat, saying several couriers collapsed in the scorching weather this week. According to the Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union, a 57-year-old courier at a Lotte Global Logistics terminal in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of millennials and Generation Z – the MZ generation born between 1980 and 2000 – among parcel delivery drivers is gradually increasing. The number of parcel delivery drivers employed by the company stood at 22,000 in the first half of this year, of which those born between [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Delivery workers threatened Thursday to end doorstep delivery for customers living at a massive apartment complex in eastern Seoul, in protest against a rule that requires delivery trucks to use only underground parking spaces. In a press conference held in front of the complex that houses 5,000 apartment units, [...]
BUSAN, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A tech startup in the southeastern port city of Busan is drawing attention after it launched a maritime drone delivery business, a first in South Korea. Marine Drone Tech, a specialist in drone technologies, is the first company in the country to receive a registration certificate to operate a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The parcel volume in South Korea rose 21 percent last year from a year earlier as more people shifted to online shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Saturday. A total of 3.37 billion parcels were delivered in the nation by 18 logistics companies in 2020, surpassing 3 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s parcel delivery workers on Wednesday called on their companies to offer measures to prevent overwork-related casualties and keep a promise to beef up staffing. A civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers, which was formed in July to improve working conditions for couriers, said [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — About 40 percent of parcel delivery drivers in South Korea work more than 14 hours a day during peak seasons, government data showed Tuesday. The labor ministry released its study on the work conditions and health of couriers following a recent series of deaths of workers apparently from overwork. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it will consult with logistics companies to improve the labor conditions of parcel delivery workers and crack down on unfair practices, in response to public outcry over a recent series of deaths blamed on overwork. The ministries of labor and transport jointly announced a series [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A parcel delivery worker died while on duty this week, the latest in a series of couriers’ deaths largely blamed on overwork amid an industry boom due to the coronavirus. An advocacy group said Thursday that Kang Doo-han, 39, who was contracted with CJ Logistics, collapsed at a hub [...]