She got a Chuseok gift from South Korea's president this week

Her dad's accident was finally ruled a workplace death last year, and this holiday a card arrived from the presidential office

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Turns out you can get a holiday gift like this too.살다 보니 이런 명절 선물도 받아본다.

Last year my dad's accident was recognized as an industrial accident, and today a presidential Chuseok gift arrived for the bereaved family.지난해 아빠의 사고가 산업재해로 인정됐고, 오늘 산재 사망 유가족에게 보내는 대통령 명절 선물이 도착했다.

It's wild and I'm grateful it's from the President, but I can't just be happy. The gift only exists because he's gone. It's ironic.대통령 선물이라 신기하고 감사한데, 마냥 반갑지가 않다. 아빠가 돌아가셨기 때문에 우리에게 도착한 선물이라니. 아이러니.

It's a weird feeling. I keep thinking of my dad and it's making me sad.기분이 묘하다. 괜히 아빠 생각이 나고, 우울하다.

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(사진: 대통령 명절 선물에 동봉된 카드)

💡 Wait, the President personally sends holiday gifts to families like this?
South Korea's presidential office sends Chuseok/Lunar New Year gift boxes to families of workers officially confirmed to have died in industrial accidents, as a state gesture of acknowledgment.vs. the US: like getting a formal condolence package from the White House, but it only exists because OSHA confirmed a workplace death.Klore note
💡 Why does getting the gift feel bittersweet instead of just nice?
In Korea a workplace death isn't official until the family files a claim and the labor authority rules on it, a review that can take many months; the gift only shows up after that ruling, so it doubles as paperwork proof that her dad is gone.Klore note
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My dad also died from a workplace accident.. it meant so much that someone as high up as the President remembers and mourns him..우리아빠도 산재로 돌아가셨어.. 아빠를 기억해주고 애도해주는 어른이 대통령이라는게 감사하더라..

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    Yeah! I got the call a few months back too, and it made me feel like someone out there actually remembers. Thanks for feeling this with me 🥹

    응! 나도 몇달전에 연락받고는 그래도 누군가 기억하고 알아주고 있구나 싶어서 감사했어! 마음 공감해줘서 고마워

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