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S. Korean Society Censured for Putting Profits above Human
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Voice of People, an internet newspaper of south Korea, carried an editorial titled "Why 19-year old Apprentice Died" on Tuesday.

The editorial said the apprentice died in an accident on Nov. 9, revealing that there has been a chain of accidents by which students of high schools met deaths while working in places where even the minimum safety measure is not provided.

High school students usually work at subcontract factories and they are not schooled about industrial safety, the editorial said, adding that they are just workers paid low in working environment where even the minimum safety measure is not guaranteed.

Young people suffer from the social evil where the profits are put above human, the editorial said.

It called for the overall reform of the apprenticeship at enterprises and urged the "government" to give answers to students demanding measures for the prevention of repetition of all kinds of accidents.

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