Lee Nak-yeon "Living Logistics Service Industry Act, Processed Within the Session"

On the 27th, Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, visited the Hanjin Delivery Mapo Terminal in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and held a meeting with Kim Tae-wan, representative of the Delivery Workers' Death Countermeasures Committee, and others. The meeting was attended by Son Myung-soo, 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Lim Seo-jung, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and Hanjin Delivery officials. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, announced that he will pass the Act on the Development of the Living Logistics Service Industry during this regular session of the National Assembly.

On the morning of the 27th, at a field meeting held at the Hanjin Delivery Mapo Delivery Center in Seoul to inspect the working conditions of delivery workers and discuss protection measures, Lee said, "There have been more cases of death from overwork this month, and some have taken their own lives. I cannot help but feel deeply devastated."

He continued, "When I met at CJ last time, I talked about the Act on the Development of the Living Logistics Service Industry, and most of the contents have been adjusted. We will handle it within this session."

The Act on the Development of the Living Logistics Service Industry was introduced as a bill by Representative Park Hong-geun, chairman of the Democratic Party's Euljiro Committee, in June. It includes provisions to introduce a registration system for delivery businesses and requires periodic reporting on registration standards.

Regarding the Serious Accident Punishment Act demanded by the Justice Party and others, he said, "We will review it by merging it with related laws while adhering to the fundamental principle of preserving its intent."

He also said, "Delivery workers gather and work exclusively, so problems are easier to detect and can be collectively expressed and addressed. However, driver-for-hire workers cannot do that, right? I think we need to pay as much attention to that issue in the future as we do to delivery workers."

At the same event, Roh Sam-seok, CEO of Hanjin Delivery, said, "I feel responsible for the deaths of affiliated delivery drivers," adding, "We will immediately stop late-night deliveries, continuously expand the number of sorting workers, and promote industrial accident insurance enrollment for all delivery drivers."

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