SEOUL/HWASEONG, South Korea -- In a detention facility in South Korea, a chief executive sits in police custody, awaiting trial after a fire in his company's factory in June left 23 dead.
Emergency personnel carry the body of a person killed in a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell, in Hwaseong, Jun. 24. The disaster was the latest in a long-running string of fatal business-related accidents in the country. © Reuters
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