“How can South Korea’s law be this weak? Twenty-three people died!” Those were the words of Chinese mother Li Shun-ji after South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a reduced four-year prison sentence for Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan last Tuesday over a 2024 factory fire that killed 23 workers, including…
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October 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
South Korean CEO’s 4-year jail term over plant fire that killed 23 spurs anger
SCMP News
Excerpt from SCMP News.