South Korea’s ‘pali-pali’ spirit keeps killing its workers

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South Korea builds fast. It always has. The pali-pali (hurry, hurry) spirit turned a war-ravaged nation into an industrial titan in a single generation. It also has a habit of killing factory workers, safety experts say.Those deadly consequences were on full display in Friday’s fire at Anjun Industrial, a car parts supplier in Daejeon.The warning signs were impossible to miss. Oil vapour so thick it coated the lenses of workers’ glasses with a greasy film. Grease caking the ceilings, the...