Won Young-ho who worked as a postman for over 20 years burned himself to death in front of his post office. Seven postal workers lost their lives in relation to work up until now this year and the death toll increases to twelve when deaths of subcontracted workers and post office tellers are included. Two died of traffic accidents on their duty and ten workers lost lives caused by overwork or committed suicides allegedly in relation to excessive workload stress.
reported by Lee Eun-young
translated by Kim Sung-jin