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Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi visited Icheon yesterday (3rd) to comfort families and confirm the scene. The next 21st National Assembly said it would definitely enact a special law on construction safety that puts people first than money.

This is Han Se-hyun.

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Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kim Hyun-mi, who visited the site of the Icheon fire, apologized for the failure to comply with the regulations on safety accidents.

[Hyunmi Kim / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Policies are not working properly in the field, regret and reflection, dismay… There are such things.]

"It is time to follow the principle that 'People are more important than money'," and promised to supplement the system.

Just as the late Kim Yong-gyun, who worked at a thermal power plant two years ago, was sacrificed, the so-called Industrial Safety and Health Act, called the “Kim Yong-gyun Act,” was revised, and this accident will create a special law to oversee construction safety policy.

[Hyunmi Kim / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Since this accident triggered the thought that the problem of construction safety could not be delayed, this special opportunity was created to protect construction site safety by creating a special law on construction safety… .]

After removing the safety-related regulations scattered in the existing individual laws, a plan is proposed to gather them into separate laws that oversee the procedures and responsibilities related to safety accidents.

Through this, we will provide effective alternatives, such as supervising on-site management, strengthening customer responsibilities, and adding safety personnel.

Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun, who visited the incense burner in advance, also promised to "Let's no longer be a slave to money," along with the facts and punishment of the chief executive officer.

The government announced that when the 21st National Assembly opened, it would pass the Special Act on the Provisional Construction Safety, reducing the death toll of about 400 people last year to half the level within two years.