South Korean Progressive Parties Merge to Complete Candlelight Revolution

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,...

Honoring The Candlelight Revolution In A Time Of Looming War In Korea

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...

Irregular School Workers Launch Hunger Strike for Fair Wages

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...

Women Workers and the Fight to Eradicate Precarious Labor in South Korea

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...

S Korean Progressives Launch New Party to Complete ‘Candlelight Revolution’ [Interview, Part 1]

by ZoominKorea | Aug 4, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism

“The people who were at the forefront of the candlelight revolution that ousted Park Geun-hye need to be the driving force of South Korean politics, and for that reason, we need a new party,” said Kim Jong-hoon, an independent South Korean National Assemblymember, in...

S Korean Progressives Launch New Party to Complete ‘Candlelight Revolution’ [Interview, Part 2]

by ZoominKorea | Aug 4, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism

Continued from Part 1 ZoominKorea asked Kim Jong-hoon–an independent member of the South Korean National Assembly and Standing Representative of the New People’s Party (tentative name)–to discuss the impetus behind the formation of a new progressive party...