Industry
Government to step up lab safety, expand infrastructure, staffing and training
South Korea\'s government will expand safety infrastructure to create safer laboratory environments, tighten standards for dedicated safety staff and strengthen related training. The Ministry of Science and ICT approved a lab safety strengthening package at a committee meeting at Hanyang University in Seoul. The plan focuses on high-risk laboratories, increasing safety equipment and raising statutory safety management cost standards. It also expands staffing requirements, doubles mandatory training time for student researchers and tightens accountability and reporting rules.