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Extreme Heat Puts South Korean Port Workers at Risk as Temperatures Soar

Extreme Heat Puts South Korean Port Workers at Risk as Temperatures Soar

BUSAN, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea grapples with an early and intense heatwave, dock workers at Busan’s Sinseondae Terminal—one of the busiest transshipment hubs in the world—are enduring punishing conditions with little reprieve, raising concerns over labor safety in the nation’s critical shipping industry. On July 4, with heat advisories in effect [...]