Yesterday(6.27) afternoon in central Seoul: Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions called for minimum wage to be increased to 10,000 won (US$8.90/current minimum wage: 5,580 won).

 

 

Actually the rally was planned(by KCTU) as a "national/central protest", but finally only 5,000(2,500 according to the cops) people participated(KCTU members: about 700,000/population of the Seoul Capital Area: approx. 25 million!!)...

Here some impressions(photographed by Choi Ji-eun), depicting the opening rally in front of Seoul Station(more detailed reports in Korean, incl. lots of pics you'll get here and here)...