Seoul, June 2 (IANS) Hanwha Aerospace Co., a defence affiliate under Hanwha Group in South Korea, said on Tuesday it has partially suspended production at its Daejeon facility after a deadly explosion at the plant. In a regulatory filing, the arms manufacturer said it was ordered by labour authorities to halt operations at the facility, about 140 kilometres south of Seoul, due to a serious workplace accident under South Korea’s occupational safety laws.The explosion killed five people and injure…
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Seoul, June 2 (IANS) South Korean law enforcement authorities launched a joint inspection on Tuesday of a Hanwha Aerospace factory as part of a probe into a deadly explosion at the facility the previous day. The blast at the defence company’s facility in Daejeon, some 140 kilometres south of Seoul, killed five people and injured two others.The joint inspection involved officials from the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, the fire service, the National Forensic Service, the labour ministry and …
Seoul, June 2 (IANS) The arms procurement agency of South Korea said on Tuesday its affiliated bodies will provide technical assistance to an investigation into a recent explosion at a Hanwha Aerospace factory. The Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said the agency has also formed a task force to manage the situation, after Monday’s explosion and fire at the Hanwha Aerospace plant left five people killed and two others injured.”We will support, when necessary, the investigation by…