President Lee vows "no deaths" at workplaces

President Lee Jae Myung has pledged to make workplaces safe to ensure quote "no one dies".

The pledge was made earlier on this Friday during his visit to an SPC Samlip bread factory in Gyeonggi-do Province where an accident in May killed a female employee sparking much public outrage.

Noting that he himself was once a factory worker the human rights lawyer-turned-president called for "practical" measures to reduce the death rate at workplaces here in Korea which is said to be notoriously high among OECD members.

He also asserted that no cost consideration can justify the neglect of workplace safety and human life.