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'It eats away at my body': The human cost of S Korea's ultra-convenient overnight deliveries

  • Jake Kwon, Leehyun Choi and Hosu Lee--BBC News
  • published date: 2026-07-24 22:03:54 UTC

Night-time deliveries are ubiquitous in hyper-connected Korea, stirring a debate about working conditions.

A week before her son died Park Mi-suk asked him to quit his job. For more than a year, the 27-year-old had been working overnight shifts at a warehouse for the country's largest online retailer, Co… [+10465 chars]