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Ten years ago: During the nearly 10 weeks of our occupation(*) of Myeongdong Cathedral’s compound downtown Seoul, comrade Mahbub, a 'senior' migrant workers activist, made some fascinating portraits of our "comrades in arms"...

* "Now since nearly ten weeks we, KCTU/ETU-MB (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions/Equality Trade Union – Migrants’ Branch) members, unorganized migrant activists and some Korean supporters, are occupying Myeongdong Cathedral’s compound in the heart of the South Korean capital Seoul. By using this means we are fighting against the government’s policy of manhunt and mass deportation of migrant workers. And we promise the South Korean government: We will stay here even it is bitter cold (right now in some nights we’ve temperatures until minus 18 degree), until they’ll meet our demands!" (source: Base21, 2004.1.21)