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Worker gets arm caught in machinery in SPC affiliate factory

A migrant worker was hospitalized after her arm was caught in machinery at an SPC affiliate bakery plant, renewing scrutiny over repeated workplace accidents.

2026.6.11

From left, Democratic Party Rep. Lim Ho-seon, Eumseong County Mayor Cho Byeong-ok, SPC Group CEO Do Se-ho, North Chungcheong Gov. Kim Young-hwan and SPC Group Vice Chairman Hur Jin-soo pose for a photo during a memoramdum of understanding signing on a new investment plan for a factory in Eumseoung County, North Chungcheong at the North Chungcheong provincial government headquarters on Dec. 11. [SPC GROUP]

SPC inks agreement with North Chungcheong on $203M bakery plant with AI-powered safety focus

SPC Group will invest 300 billion won to build a large-scale bakery plant in Eumseong County, North Chungcheong, with a focus on safety following a series of fatal workplace accidents.

2025.12.11

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Chipotle plans its first Asian restaurant locations in Korea and Singapore

SPC Group confirmed Thursday that it will launch Chipotle Mexican Grill’s first Asian locations in Korea and Singapore next year.

2025.9.11

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an on-site labor-management meeting on preventing industrial accidents at the SPC Samlip Siwha plant in Siheung, Gyeonggi, on July 25. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

SPC Group to shorten night shifts after another workplace death, pressure from President Lee

SPC Group will limit night shifts to eight hours starting in October, responding to a worker’s death and growing pressure over long working hours from President Lee Jae Myung.

2025.7.27

Song Young-su, head of the Paris Croissant labor union, third from left in the back row, speaks during the launch ceremony of the Transformation Office held at SPC Group headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho District, southern Seoul, on July 21. Paris Croissant CEO Hur Jin-soo, center in the back row, chairs the task force. [SPC]

SPC Group forms task force to improve worker safety after fatal workplace accidents

Korean bakery and restaurant conglomerate SPC Group is doubling down on its efforts to prevent fatal workplace accidents that have taken its employees' lives over the past years with an internal task force to overhaul its management practices.

2025.7.22

Bakery franchise Paris Baguette launched Paran Label series of bread on Feb. 27 at the Shilla Hotel in central Seoul [CHO YONG-JUN]

Healthier bread for less dough: Paris Baguette's Paran Label aims to change the premium game

Bakery franchise Paris Baguette is tapping into the premium bread market with its Paran Label series — with the ambitious aim to be both healthy and delicious.

2025.2.27

SPC Group's new bakery factory in Johor, Malaysia [SPC GROUP]

Paris Baguette opens bread factory in Johor, Malaysia

Paris Baguette completed the construction of a bread factory in Malaysia designed to produce halal products.

2025.2.26

SPC Group President Hur Jin-soo, center, signs a deal for investment incentives for the construction of its factory at a ceremony at the Johnson County District Court in Texas on Jan. 27. [SPC]

SPC Group to build $160 million Paris Baguette factory in Texas

SPC Group will invest $160 million to build a bakery plant in Burleson, Texas, to supply Paris Baguette stores.

2025.2.3

A notice from SPC Group's Paris Baguette uploaded to its TikTok account regarding bread donations to firefighters and first responders in Los Angeles [SPC GROUP]

Paris Baguette donates bread to Los Angeles firefighters, first responders

Paris Baguette is donating bread to firefighters and first responders in Los Angeles for two days following the devastating wildfires that began last Tuesday.

2025.1.12

Prosecutors indict SPC chief over anti-labor charges

Prosecutors on Sunday indicted the chairman of a local bakery giant with physical detention on charges of coercing bakers to quit their membership with a militant umbrella labor organization.

2024.4.21