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South Korea’s second-largest umbrella labor union held a partial strike nationwide Wednesday in protest of the government’s push for labor market reform.
The third partial strike of the year by the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions was staged for two to four hours in the afternoon in 12 cities... The KCTU, which encompasses 2,043 unions and more than 691,000 members from sectors including construction, public transport and metal, has opposed the government-led labor market reform they have said will lead to easier layoffs and expansion of hiring of irregular workers. Some 74,000 workers from 26 unions, including those of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, under the KCTU joined the strike. Separately, 17,000 unionized workers took to the streets for rallies...(source: Korea Herald, 12.16)

Here just some impressions, depicting today's KCTU "General Strike" rally in Ulsan(Yonhap News reported the following: About 15,000 workers put down their tools for two hours starting at 1:30 p.m. at Hyundai's main assembly plant in Ulsan, some 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul. About 13,000 others also walked off the job between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.)...