"I’m proud of our Coupang delivery workers"... After finishing dawn deliveries, Rogers has bean sprout soup for breakfast

According to The Financial News, Harold Rogers, who had promised at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea to experience dawn deliveries, has now gone on-site and personally taken part in late-night logistics and delivery operations.

Coupang said on the 20th that Rogers joined a dawn delivery shift from 8:30 p.m. on the 19th until 6:30 a.m. the following day in the Jungwon District area of Seongnam City. The initiative stemmed from a proposal Yeom Taeyeong of the Democratic Party of Korea made at a National Assembly hearing in late December, when he suggested that Rogers accompany him on late-night delivery work.
Following that proposal, Rogers and Yeom together went through the entire routine of a dawn delivery driver during this field experience. Coupang explained that the company accepted the request made during the parliamentary hearing for a joint dawn delivery shift as a way to build trust.
On the afternoon of the 19th, Rogers and Yeom arrived at Coupang’s Yatap Coupang Logistics Services (CLS) delivery camp in Seongnam. There, they completed warm-up exercises, delivery task training, safety training, and loading work, then each boarded a separate delivery vehicle alongside a Coupang Friend, a directly employed Coupang delivery driver.
They then fanned out across apartment complexes, villas, and single-family home neighborhoods in Jungwon District, Seongnam City, to make deliveries. According to Coupang, they followed the usual routine of a Coupang dawn delivery worker, including carrying Fresh Bags and climbing the stairs of five-story walk-up villas without elevators to deliver orders themselves. Each used a different vehicle and covered a separate zone, and their total delivery volumes for the night were said to be similar.

After completing one round of deliveries, they returned to the Yatap camp, reloaded their vehicles, and headed back out, continuing this schedule until about 6:30 a.m. for a roughly 10-hour shift. At one point, when their routes briefly overlapped, they parked their vehicles, met on the street, and spoke for a short time. After finishing their deliveries, Rogers and Yeom had breakfast together at a restaurant in Seongnam City specializing in bean sprout soup with rice before parting ways.

Before this joint experience, Rogers had already visited a delivery camp on March 12 to inspect the dawn delivery site and personally make deliveries. He became interim CEO of Coupang following a personal data leak incident in November last year. During a December parliamentary hearing on the data breach, he drew criticism for insisting on using his own interpreter instead of the simultaneous interpretation system and for responding irritably to lawmakers’ questions by saying, "Enough." Some observers now view this latest field experience as a conciliatory gesture by Rogers toward the government and political circles.
Rogers commented, "I am proud of all the workers at Coupang facilities, including our delivery staff, who work hard for our customers," adding, "We will continue to do our utmost to ensure safe and advanced working conditions."
Coupang, for its part, plans to actively listen to voices from the delivery front lines and take the lead in improving employees’ working conditions and protecting their health.
bng@fnnews.com Kim Hee-sun Reporter