A bereaved family member weeps at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 20, 2026, after the court upheld a lower court's sentencing of Park Soon-kwan, chief of lithium battery maker Aricell, to four years in prison for violating the Serious Accidents Punishment Act over a fatal plant fire in 2024. The tragic blaze at Aricell's factory in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, left 23 workers dead and nine others injured. (Yonhap)

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