14 South Korean delivery workers die because of pandemic overwork - union

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SEOUL - Fourteen delivery workers in South Korea have died of overwork this year because they had to handle a sharply higher volume of packages due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the latest fatalit

y this week, a union official said.

One of the deaths was attributed to heart failure while the causes of death for the rest were only described as 'kwarosa' by the families, a Korean term used for sudden death due to heart failure or a stroke as a result of extreme hard work. The deaths triggered new public scrutiny on the complicated employment structure and whether the companies failed to ensure reasonable working conditions for the workers.

 

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*Ehem* Yung companies diyan na ang dami daming pinapagawa parang di pandemic guys ah. *Ehem*

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