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President Lee: "This Year Must Be the First Year to Eradicate Industrial accidents... Backward Thinking Must Be Permanently eradicated."

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"I'd like to join in on the surprise inspections," President Lee Jae-myung said at a Cabinet meeting on the 29th, directing Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon to strengthen crackdowns on industrial accidents. President Lee has reportedly frequently instructed his staff during tea time recently to "make a schedule for on-site visits." This indicates his intention to personally visit the site and resolve the issue. A prime example is …

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[Digital Daily Reporter Park Ki-rok] On the morning of the 29th, the Cabinet meeting presided over by President Lee Jae-myung, which was broadcast live on KTV and YouTube for the first time without prior notice, featured "industrial accident prevention" as a major topic of discussion. President Lee previously visited the SPC Sihwa plant on the 25th and raised the issue of long working hours with SPC Chairman Huh Young-in and other executives, dr…

POSCO E&C, which has suffered a series of fatal accidents at construction sites, has issued a public apology, stating, "We will indefinitely suspend all work at construction sites until safety is confirmed." President Lee Jae-myung strongly condemned the accidents, calling them "homicides with negligence."

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Korea, Republic of on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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