[Interview] S Korea’s Labor Fight against Moon’s “Flexible Work Hour” Policy

by ZoominKorea | Dec 15, 2018 | Analysis, Interviews, Labor and People's Struggles

160,000 South Korean workers walked off the job last month to protest President Moon Jae-in’s labor policy. The following is an interview with Wolsan Liem of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU) about the strike, the current...

Back to Gwanghwamun Plaza: 100,000 Workers Call on Moon to Honor Pledge to Respect Labor

by ZoominKorea | Jul 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, SK News

On June 30, one hundred thousand South Korean workers took to the streets in Seoul to call on President Moon Jae-in to keep his campaign pledge of creating “a world that respects labor.” Top among their list of concerns was the recent passage of a retrogressive...

Korean Solidarity Strawberries: Tasting More Than What Is Expected

by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance

By Reece Chenault “The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, it is always about people.” – Cesar Chavez On a seven-day trip to learn about and build relationships with the South Korean labor movement in discussion centered around climate, workers’ rights and the...

U.S. and Korean Workers Call for Lasting Peace in Korea and End to U.S. Militarism in East Asia

by ZoominKorea | May 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism, Press Release, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance

Report by Wol-san Liem, Director of international and Korean Peninsula affairs, KCTU-Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union (KPTU) After a hassle with cancelled flights, a US Labor Against the War delegation arrived in Seoul May 1. They will spend a week in...

Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Hails Panmunjom Declaration

by ZoominKorea | Apr 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, N-S Relations, News, Peace and Militarism, Statement

The following statement is a statement issued by the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), which is an affiliate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).  KPTU Position On The Panmunjom Declaration Today an historic agreement to...

Mothers Lead the Fight: From Gwangju Massacre to Sewol Tragedy

by ZoominKorea | Apr 13, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News

This article is largely based on a recent series dedicated to the Sewol Tragedy in the South Korean progressive news site Voice of People. Monday, April 16 marks the four year anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy, which claimed three hundred four lives, mostly high...