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Commemorating young subcontractor's death

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Citizens put chrysanthemums in working boots placed in front of Korea Western Power Co. headquarters in South Chung-Cheong Province to commemorate the tragic death of subcontractor Kim Yong-gyun. Kim, 24, died, Dec. 11, after getting stuck between conveyor belts at a power plant in Taean. Critics say the outsourcing of a dangerous project led the death of the subcontractor, noting 12 workers have been killed over the past eight years, while 97 percent of accidents during the past five years involved outside workers./ Yonhap