A 22-ton truck rear-ended an 8.5-ton truck near Icheon IC on the Yeongdong Expressway, causing injuries to both drivers and significant traffic delays due to lane closures.
South Korea has launched its first pilot scheme to expand funeral support for deceased foreign workers, following the death of 23-year-old Vietnamese worker Nguyen Van Tuan in a conveyor belt accident at a gravel factory in Icheon, Gyeonggi province. K-Comwel President Park Jong-kil honored Tuan at Incheon International Airport, stating the grief was the same despite the language difference. The agency is now working to institutionalize the benefit through reforms.
