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Starting in the early morning of Nov. 20, three dismissed Ssangyong Motor workers in Pyeongtaek(Gyeonggi province) ascended an electricity pylon to stage a sit-in protest. KCTU activists Han Sang-kyun, Moon Ki-joo and Bok Ki-seong are demanding the re-employment of the dismissed workers(as promised by the SsangYong management) and that a parliamentary inspection of the lay-offs be held.

Today is their 16th day of sit-in struggle...

Related articles:
☞ Auto workers' sit-in on power supply post (Yonhap, 11.20)
☞ 3 Ssangyong workers on 'lofty' protest (Korea Times, 11.21)
☞ Third pylon protest (Hankyoreh, 11.21)
☞ Current (pylon/tower/bridge)sit-in protests... (11.29)


 

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Here's one of the leading 'news' reports, released by last Thursday's KCNA:

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And - of course(^^) - KCNA's 'report' became immediately one of the main topics in the int'l/western media:

☞ Unicorn lair 'discovered' in North Korea (Guardian, 11.30)
☞ Unicorns’ Existence Proven, Says North Korea (Time, 11.30)
☞ North Korea Finds Secret Unicorn Lair... (Huffington Post, 11.30)

 

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More detailed info you'll get here!!

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* Lee Seung-beom (Kwangwon Lumber chapter chairperson/Pyeongtaek-Anseong Regional Labor Union) ended his two-day sit-in protest because "his" company decided on the morning of Nov. 22 to resume the negotiations...
 

Related article:
☞ Why do struggling Korean workers stick it out in aerial protests? (Hankyoreh, 11.25)

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