Hanjin Express "Will Establish Fundamental Measures to Prevent Overwork"... Official Apology

The Task Force for Measures Against Overwork Deaths of Delivery Workers held a press conference on the 17th and announced that about 4,000 delivery drivers nationwide will begin refusing parcel sorting work starting from the 21st, ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The task force stated that sorting work is the main reason delivery workers have to work long hours, and they appealed that they spend nearly half of their daily working hours on sorting work without receiving a single penny. The photo shows a delivery logistics center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the same day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] Recently, regarding the death of a delivery driver in his 30s affiliated with Hanjin Express Dongdaemun Branch Sinjeongneung Agency, Hanjin Express officially apologized, stating, "We deeply feel responsible and offer our sincere condolences."

On the 20th, Hanjin Express stated in an apology letter, "We sincerely express our condolences to the bereaved family who lost their loved one, and we apologize to the public for causing concern due to this incident."

They continued, "Our company is placing the highest priority on improving working conditions, such as limiting delivery volumes and improving terminal work environments, to address the issue of delivery drivers' excessive workload caused by the recent surge in delivery volumes due to the COVID-19 situation. We will actively implement these measures and do our best to ensure that such unfortunate incidents never happen again."

Hanjin Express emphasized the preparation of improvement measures, stating, "We will promptly establish fundamental measures to prevent overwork among delivery drivers, actively cooperate in investigating the cause of the delivery driver's death, and sincerely take necessary actions based on the investigation results."

Earlier, on the 12th, Kim (36), affiliated with Hanjin Express Sinjeongneung Agency, was found dead at his home, leading to a dispute between the bereaved family and the delivery company over 'death from overwork.'

The Delivery Workers Overwork Death Countermeasures Committee claimed, "He was a young man of 36 years old with no known underlying health conditions," and stated, "It is an unequivocal case of death from overwork."

According to the committee, four days before his death, on the 8th at 4:28 a.m., Kim sent a message to a colleague saying, "If I go home at 5 a.m., eat, wash up, and go straight to the terminal, I won't be able to sleep at all and will have to sort packages again. It's too hard."

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