A Nepali migrant worker died in an industrial accident in Busan of South Korea on Wednesday.

Yam Bahadur Thapa Magar, working at a paper mill in Gyeongbuk Daegu, died while cleaning a chemical tank on Wednesday morning, said a fellow Nepali worker. He arrived in Korea 23 months ago under Employment Permit System (EPS). There are other three Nepali workers in the company based in second largest city of South Korea.

Magar’s body has been kept at a hospital. He is survived by his wife and a son. Magar’s brother is also in Korea. Fellow workers have informed the Seoul-based Nepali Embassy about the incident.

According to the fellow workers, they were not aware about the exact cause of death. It has been learnt that South Korea has been witnessing a series of accidents in recent times. Trade union workers have been demanding that such accidents be investigated.