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A Coupang delivery rider [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Coupang offers paid month off for stressed delivery workers

Coupang, which has been hit by numerous complaints about poor working conditions and possible work-related deaths, is introducing a program that will allow deliverymen to take a month of paid leave.

2021.5.25

Workers categorize packages at a logistics facility in Seoul in January. [YONHAP]

Logistics firms increase cost of package delivery

Hanjin Transportation and Lotte Global Logistics raised parcel delivery fees by up to 2,000 won ($1.80) for retail clients last month.

2021.5.2

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Members of a committee designed to prevent deaths of delivery workers speak at a press event held in central Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Strike averted as delivery-worker deal signed

Working conditions for deliverymen are set to improve, and a strike has been avoided, after an agreement was reached Thursday by a broad group of stakeholders which included the workers and the logistics companies.

2021.1.21

[Shortcut] Sorting out the delivery deaths

A flurry of delivery-worker deaths reported earlier this year generated a great deal of interest and resulted in a rare consensus,

2020.12.13

A delivery worker organizing packages inside a delivery truck in Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Logistics companies and contractors hit with big fines

Logistics companies and their contractors have been fined for safety violations by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

2020.12.1

CJ Logistics CEO Park Keun-hee, left, presents an electric delivery truck to an employee in Gunpo, Gyeonggi, at an event held Tuesday to celebrate the opening of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station in the region. [CJ LOGISTICS]

CJ Logistics starts to convert delivery trucks to electric

CJ Logistics converted four of its diesel delivery trucks to electric vehicles (EVs) and opened two EV charging stations as part of its push to go green.

2020.11.18

Taekbae Union, which represents delivery workers, demands logistics companies improve the work environment for delivery workers in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP]

Hanjin Transportation suggests measure to cut stress

Hanjin Transportation on Monday announced plans to ease delivery workloads following a series of deaths that could be related to stress.

2020.10.26

CJ Logistics CEO Park Keun-hee apologizes on Thursday for the recent series of deaths of delivery workers that could be related to stress and overwork. [NEWS1]

CJ Logistics apologizes for the deaths of delivery workers

CJ Logistics apologized on Thursday over the recent deaths of delivery workers.

2020.10.22

A delivery worker works at a distribution center in Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Rash of delivery deaths leads to an official call for action

On Oct. 12, a 36-year-old Hanjin Transportation delivery worker was found dead in his home. This came four days after a CJ Logistics delivery worker died after experiencing respiratory difficulty while he was working in a distribution center.

2020.10.20