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...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 16, 2017 | Labor and People's Struggles, News
Workers at South Korea’s three largest supermarket chains—Emart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus—are joining forces to establish an industrial union to fight for the country’s five hundred thousand mart workers. The newly-formed Mart Industrial Labor Union Organizing...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 20, 2017 | Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, SK News
“World without precarious labor, world without war!” On October 15, ten thousand people gathered in Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall to celebrate the launch of a new progressive party. The Minjung (People) Party is the amalgamation of two left-leaning parties,...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 12, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Reunification
This article was originally published by the Korea Policy Institute. Jang Jinsook, Director of Planning of the Minjung Party of South Korea, presented the following speech at the People’s Congress of Resistance at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on September...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 2, 2017 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, News Headlines, SK News
Irregular public school workers (kitchen staff, librarians, daycare teachers, etc. who work part-time or on short-term contracts with no benefits or job security) began a hunger strike on September 27 for an indefinite period of time. They are protesting the Seoul...
by ZoominKorea | Aug 28, 2017 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles
By Hyun Lee Irregular women workers—part-time and/or short-term contract workers without job security or benefits—are emerging as the new face of organized labor in South Korea. On June 29, ahead of a nationwide strike called by the Korean Confederation of Trade...
