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Video showing migrant worker moved by forklift prompts action from South Korea’s president
NAJU, SOUTH KOREA, JUL 24 – President Lee Jae Myung ordered a government probe into migrant worker abuses after activists released a video showing punishment tied to job performance, amid ongoing discrimination concerns.
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President condemns alleged abuse of migrant worker as 'blatant human rights violation'
President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday condemned the alleged abuse of a migrant worker at a brick factory, calling it a "blatant violation of human rights" and pledging stronger protection for vulnerable groups. His remarks came a day after migrant rights activists urged authorities to punish those involved in the incident, which was captured in video footage that circulated online this week. "I could hardly believe my eyes after watching the video…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Seung-eun = President Lee Jae-myung said on the 24th in relation to the spread of a video showing a foreign worker being lifted by a forklift while tied to a cargo...
Video showing migrant worker moved by forklift prompts action from South Korea's president - Talent Canada
By Hyung-jin Kim South Korea’s president ordered officials to find ways to prevent abuses of migrant workers after a video showing a Sri Lankan worker being moved by a forklift while tied up at a South Korean factory sparked public outrage. “After watching the video, I couldn’t believe my eyes,” President Lee Jae Myung wrote Thursday in a Facebook post. “That was an intolerable violation and clear human rights abuses of a minority person.” In a …
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