Boss jailed for 15 years over deadly fire at S Korea battery plant

South Korea battery plant boss sentenced to 15 years in prison for deadly fire at lithium battery factory in Hwaseong city. The court found Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan and other executives responsible for the blaze that killed 23 people, including 18 foreign workers, and injured eight others. Prosecutors had sought a 20-year term citing safety lapses, including changes to the plant that hindered worker escape, with both Park and his son, a senior executive, receiving prison terms for the incident under the country's industrial safety law.