Ministry of Labor raids performance agency for ‘death of laborer’ at PSY’s SUMMER SWAG 2022

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SEOUL, August 25 (Yonhap) -- Labor authorities are conducting an open investigation of the incident in which a labor died while disorganizing stage for singer PSY’s concert.

Kangwon Naional Employment and Labor Branch Offices are combing main building of PNation and subcontract offices with a search warrant since Thursday 9:30 a.m.

Laborer who was dismantling a stage of PSY’s “SUMMER SWAG 2022” in Gangneung fell and died on last July 31.

Authority from ministry of Labor said, “This is to verify the contractual relationship between the performance entertainment and stage installation company and whether safety measures regarding the stage installation were instructed.”

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

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