Gov't to expand safety inspections on overseas direct purchase products

“The government will more than double safety inspections on products imported from overseas directly by consumers in an effort to keep hazardous products from flowing into the country, officials said Tuesday. The number of safety inspections on such products will jump to more than 2,000 a year by 2028 from 1,000 last year, according to the Office for Government Policy Coordination. The move is one of the key points in a three-year product safety management plan approved Tuesday in a meeting of the product safety policy committee involving 12 government ministries and agencies, it said in a release. "A need for preemptive responses is rising recently amid growing concerns about the inflow of hazardous products with the spread of overseas direct purchases," the office said. "The government will apply artificial intelligence to the entire product safety cycle and shift to a policy centered on prevention so as to build a tight product safety net." The government will also strengthen safety checks on products prone to accidents, including those with built-in batteries, and children's products,

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