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'6 S.Korean Workers Have Died at Gaeseong since 2002'

Written: 2009-10-05 14:04:49Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

'6 S.Korean Workers Have Died at Gaeseong since 2002'

A new report finds that a total of six South Korean workers have died at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea since the inter-Korean business park first opened.

The finding was included in a report Grand National Party legislator Chung Jin-suk of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs obtained from the Unification Ministry.

According to the report, four South Koreans died from falls at the workplace, including a 36-year-old man who died in October 2004 after he fell at a Gaeseong construction site.

Two South Koreans were found to have died in car accidents, including a man who died in November 2007 after his car collided with a North Korean vehicle.

The report also found that 14 South Korean workers at the Gaeseong complex faced penalties from Pyongyang due to their denouncement of the North Korean government or for drinking and driving.






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