Delivery drivers working to death amid online shopping boom in S. Korea
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Kim Do-gyun is one of the more than 50,000 delivery drivers working grueling hours as shipments skyrocket during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI
Members of the union for delivery drivers hold a protest outside of Lotte Global Logistics offices in Seoul on Wednesday, after a courier reportedly died from overwork. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI
Packages come down a conveyor belt at a distribution center, where drivers must sort their own parcels for several hours before beginning their deliveries. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI
Driver Kim Do-gyun works from 7 a.m to as late as 10 p.m. days during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI