By bizn_fun 
A South Korean court has handed a 15-year prison sentence to the boss of a lithium battery maker after a deadly fire last year.
In June 2024, a blaze at a plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul, killed 23 people, including 18 foreign workers, and injured eight others.
The court found the blaze was “an anticipated disaster” and that Aricell chief executive Park Soon-kwan and other executives had caused the deaths of the workers.
It is the longest jail term imposed under the country’s industrial safety law, which punishes owners or bosses of firms with at least a year in prison, or fines of up to 1 billion won ($717,000; £530,000), for fatal incidents.