Manila, Jan. 21 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has confirmed that eight overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are safe after a fire razed a plastic manufacturing company in Namyangju/Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea last Friday.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the affected OFWs were employed in South Korea under the Employment Permit System, a South Korean government program that enables small and medium-sized enterprises to legally hire foreign workers, including Filipinos, primarily in the manufacturing, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.

"While the workers were unharmed, their employment was temporarily disrupted as company operations were suspended," he said.

On Sunday, the ...