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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Steven Borowiec

Workers at ‘South Korean Amazon’ protest ‘boiling pot’ conditions

South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang has come under scrutiny over its conditions for workers [File: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg]

Hwaseong, South Korea – When Jeong Dong-heon returns home from work at a Coupang logistics centre, he often finds crusty white patterns on the back and sides of his shirt.

The flower-like shapes are created by accumulated salt deposits – a result of the sweat that pours off his body as he works at a massive warehouse run by one of South Korea’s largest companies.

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