Teen’s Suicide Recognized As Occupational Hazard

SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An eighteen-year-old intern’s suicide following physical and verbal abuse from his co-worker at a CJ Cheiljedang plant has been recognized as an occupational hazard by the Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service (COMWEL), said the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) on March 4. This is the first recognition of [...]