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Activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU) held a rally in central Seoul on Jan. 23, 2016(here you'll get a Korean report)...

...to oppose new government guidelines announced one day earlier about layoffs and changes of employment terms. During the rally KCTU announced that it will launch an all-out strike, resp. "general strike", starting Jan. 25 in protest of the government-led labor "reforms".

Meanwhile today's Yonhap News reported that S. Korea's Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong warned that the government will not tolerate the planned "general strike"(by KCTU)...

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220일 넘긴 기아차 비정규직 고공농성

While everyone else has finished work and gone home, Choi Jeong-myeong and Han Gyu-hyup, irregular workers at Kia Motors and union members, fight the cold 70 meters in the air, atop an advertising tower on the old National Human Rights Commission building. Choi and Han are demanding a court ruling changing all irregular workers into permanent employees. They’ve been holding their high-altitude sit-in since June 11, 2015, over 220 days ago... (source: Hankyoreh, 1.18)

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Photographed by Don Geon Park...

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Today in the S. Korean media...

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