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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A contract parcel delivery worker employed by the logistics company Hanjin Express died recently, a delivery workers’ collective said Monday, arguing that an unbearable workload caused his death. The 36-year-old worker, whose surname was Kim and worked at a company branch in the central Seoul ward of Dongdaemun, was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 4,000 parcel delivery workers backtracked from a plan to stop sorting parcels in protest of heavy workloads ahead of the Chuseok holiday, a civic advocacy group said Friday. The civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers and associated with the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 4,000 parcel delivery workers will refuse to sort parcels in protest of heavy workloads ahead of the Chuseok holiday, a civic advocacy group said Thursday. The civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers and associated with the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) said [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Parcel delivery workers suffer chronically from overwork and low wages, civic activists and politicians said Thursday, calling for countermeasures to enhance their health and welfare particularly ahead of the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The Euljiro Committee under the ruling Democratic Party, dedicated to the rights of the weak, and civic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s convenient and super-quick online shopping culture has been a relief for many who opt to stay home during the new coronavirus pandemic. Almost every item one can think of — from pet food to paper straws — is delivered to doorsteps in two or three days at [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Han-min, a 43-years-old man who has been working as a courier for six years, has been working with his wife Jang Min-sook since two years ago as the volume of shipments from his clients has increased. Jang, a stay-at-home mom, started working at a courier service to help [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has advised the delivery industry to allocate only 60 to 70 percent of the average number of deliveries to new parcel delivery workers. In addition, the government is calling on the industry to quickly hire new drivers and purchase new delivery vehicles. The move is aimed at [...]