More inspectors but little preventive oversight at Korea's workplaces

The government is expanding the number of labor supervisors to curb workplace fatalities and injuries, but experts warn that without fundamental improvements in how supervisors work, the increased workforce alone may have a limited impact. Currently, post-incident handling of labor law violations accounts for about 80 percent of labor supervisors’ workload. With reported violations continuing to rise, experts say additional staffing may simply be absorbed into the same reactive work, leaving lit