President Lee’s Korea Policy Daily

[Presidential Briefing] “No more bread soaked in tears” — President Lee’s on-site pledge to end repeated industrial accidents (July 25, 2025) Overview On July 25, 2025 at 10:30 a.m., President Lee Jae-myung visited the SPC Samlip plant in Siheung, the site of a recent fatal industrial accident. Joined by SPC leadership, front-line workers, and peers from the food manufacturing sector, the President condemned the recurrence of identical accidents in the same workplaces and demanded practical, field-ready measures rather than “performative checklists.” SPC announced a set of safety upgrades, and CJ Foodville and Crown Confectionery shared best practices. The President also spent time listening to workers’ first-hand accounts and requests. Key Message & Meaning From empathy to execution: “No more bread soaked in tears.” Framing safety as an issue of human dignity rather than a mere cost item, President Lee — a former wor...