"The World Congress on Safety and Health at Work(WSC) called the festival and the Olympic in the field of world occupational safety and health will be held in Korea for 4 days from June 29 to July 2, 2008."

The 18th WSC jointly sponsored by KOSHA, International Labor Organization (ILO) and International Society Safety Association (ISSA) under the support of the Ministry of Labor will be held at COEX located at Samseong-dong, Seoul for 4 days from June 29 to July 2, 2008.

The government, labor-management organizations, occupational safety and health research institutes, corporate experts related the occupational safety and health, and many other academic experts participated in the WSC which is held every 3 years. As an international congress held to contribute to the prevention of industrial accidents through the exchange of new technologies and information related to safety at workplaces, exchange of experiences and knowledge on preventing occupational diseases, and the safety and health cooperative projects and exchanges between members, this congress has served to the prevention of accident and the protection of workers' health.

At this Korea congress held for the 2nd time in Asia following that held in India in 1993, there will be theme presentations by experts with respect to work, safety and health, workshops regarding safety, health, construction and occupational diseases, film and video festivals sponsored by each country, and the poster exhibitions to meet the international trends where safety and health are stressed at workplaces.

Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency believes that the Korea Congress held in 2008 will promote the status of Korea to a level of a hub in the occupational safety and health sector of the Northeast Asia, and provide a good opportunity to enhance the safety and health consciousness of our society by learning special technologies from advanced countries and by exchanging information.

KOSHA plans to use this opportunity to introduce Korea's advanced safety and health management system through a variety of programs, and introduce Korean enterprises to the world. In connection with this, KOSHA will construct a cooperative system with EU, U.S. Japan and other international agencies and organizations related to safety and health, and make appropriate preparations to ensure success in the next congress to be held in 2008.

In the meantime, at the closing ceremony of the 17th WSC held on September 22 in Orlando, U.S.A., with the world industrial safety and health experts and related persons attending, Kil-sang Park, President of KOSHA, officially announced Korea's hosting of the next congress, requesting interest and participation of the world people related to safety and health.