by ZoomKorea | Aug 19, 2016 | News Headlines, SK News
On August 16, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) protested proposed amendments to the enforcement regulation of the Occupation Health and Hazard Act. The new enforcement rules are expected to be implemented in January of next year, 2017. KCTU argues the...
by ZoomKorea | Aug 19, 2016 | News Headlines, SK News, US-ROK Alliance
On July 7, former South Korean soldier Oh Dong-ju won a lawsuit in Daejeon District Court in a case against the South Korean Army Chief of Staff, which had denied that the army used Agent Orange in the region where Oh was stationed in 1967. The court ruling sided...
by ZoomKorea | Aug 19, 2016 | News Headlines, US-NK Relations
On August 10, in an unprecedented show of force in the Pacific region, the U.S. military deployed B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Guam to join B-52 and B-1 bombers for an integrated bomber operation in the Asia Pacific region. The B-1 bombers were deployed just days...
by ZoomKorea | Aug 19, 2016 | News Headlines, SK News, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance, Weekly News
US-ROK ALLIANCE Week 5 of THAAD Opposition – “Seongju is Korea and Korea is Seongju” On August 15 in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, 908 people sat in rows of chairs and waited for their heads to be shaved as an act of protest against the...
by ZoomKorea | Aug 19, 2016 | News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, SK News, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
On August 15 in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, 908 people sat in rows of chairs and waited for their heads to be shaved as an act of protest against the U.S.-South Korean decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in...
