SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Most parcel delivery personnel are working under poor labor conditions, in which they have to work six days a week, a major umbrella labor group said Thursday. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions conducted a survey on the labor environment of 210 delivery service workers who are affiliated with [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The state civic rights watchdog has requested that relevant agencies correct malpractices engaged in by parcel delivery companies and online shopping malls charging extra fees for deliveries to offshore islands. The the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission on Tuesday said it has set up plans to reduce extra parcel [...]
JEJU, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province said Wednesday it will launch the full-scale operation of a new shared logistics platform called ‘modang.’ The provincial government decided to establish the shared platform as a way to address the disadvantages local residents and companies face due to the province’s geographical [...]
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 [...]