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Foreign Worker in His 30s Dies at Wando Fish Farm in Suspected Electrocution

Son Gijun

Published : Oct 24, 2026 3:36 PM


▲ 119 ambulance (file photo)

At around 10:28 a.m. today (October 24), a report was filed by the owner of a fish farm in Gunoe-myeon, Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province, stating that a 30-year-old worker from Sri Lanka, identified as A, appeared to have been electrocuted.

Worker A, who was found in a state of cardiac arrest, was transported to a nearby hospital by fire authorities but ultimately passed away.

Police plan to investigate the exact circumstances surrounding the accident.

(Photo: Yonhap News)