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Hyundai Heavy workers extend walkout for another week [Yonhap] 2021-07-09

Automakers face tough road ahead as workers plan for strike [The Herald] 2021-07-06

Thousands of S.Korean workers rally in coronavirus-hit Seoul [CTV] 2021-07-03

Health workers’ union threatens nationwide strike in September [UNI Global Union] 2021-07-02

Samsung Display Workers On Strike, First Time Ever [BW] 2021-06-22

Samsung Display Workers Launch 1st Strike in Company History [The Korea Bizwire] 2021-06-22

Samsung Staff To Stage First Ever Company Strike [ChannelNews] 2021-06-17

Samsung Display workers may go on strike next week [Econotimes] 2021-06-17

Building collapse: Deadline rush, lack of supervision cited [BWI] 2021-06-16

IndustriALL Hyundai/Kia trade union network – a platform for global solidarity [IndustriALL] 2021-06-08

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GM Korea workers to stage partial strike for higher wages 2021-07-21 [The Times]

KCTU calls for minimum wage rise 2021-07-17 [Korea Times]

South Korea's Coupang faces boycott over working conditions 2021-07-14 [UPI]

Hyundai Heavy workers extend walkout for another week 2021-07-09 [Yonhap]

Hyundai Motor Company labor union may stage a strike refusing 10-million-won wage raise 2021-07-09 [Dong-A Ilbo]

South Korean tech workers are having a lousy time at work 2021-07-08 [Economist]

Hyundai workers vote on possible strike amid pandemic 2021-07-07 [Yonhap]

Samsung Display, union reach wage agreement 2021-07-06 [The Herald]

Automakers face tough road ahead as workers plan for strike 2021-07-06 [The Herald]

Thousands of S.Korean workers rally in coronavirus-hit Seoul 2021-07-03 [CTV]

Health workers’ union threatens nationwide strike in September 2021-07-02 [UNI Global Union]

Final deal mandates delivery workers to be freed from sorting parcels by year-end 2021-06-22 [Yonhap]

Samsung Display Workers On Strike, First Time Ever 2021-06-22 [BW]

Samsung Display Workers Launch 1st Strike in Company History 2021-06-22 [The Korea Bizwire]

Samsung Staff To Stage First Ever Company Strike 2021-06-17 [ChannelNews]

Samsung Display workers may go on strike next week 2021-06-17 [Econotimes]

Building collapse: Deadline rush, lack of supervision cited 2021-06-16 [BWI]

Building collapse: Deadline rush, lack of supervision cited 2021-06-16 [BWI]

Delivery workers hold massive rally in Seoul amid stalled talks on preventing overwork 2021-06-15 [Yonhap]

IndustriALL Hyundai/Kia trade union network – a platform for global solidarity 2021-06-08 [IndustriALL]

Employment permit system for migrant workers criticized as 'modern-day slavery' 2021-06-01 [Korea Times]

KHMU campaigns to reject the illegal “Physician Assistant” system in Korean hospitals on International Nurses Day 2021 2021-05-21 [UNI Global Union]

Release the KFCITU 8! 2021-05-11 [BWI]

Unions wield increasing influence at tech firms 2021-05-09 [The Times]

EI Denounces discriminatory property registration system for teachers 2021-05-08 [EI]

South Korea's Coupang faces accusations of deaths from overwork 2021-04-27 [UPI]

Migrant workers rally for labor rights 2021-04-26 [Hankyoreh]

IKEA Korea Workers Union reaches first collective agreement in IKEA Korea 2021-04-22 [Uni Global Union]

IKEA Korea Workers Union reaches first collective agreement in IKEA Korea 2021-04-22 [UNI Global Union]

Sexually tortured in a pigpen-like room: the barbaric state violence In response to the Sabuk struggle 2021-04-21 [Kyunghyang Shinmun]

‘Zuellig Pharma’s subsidiary SSK laid off workers for striking’ 2021-04-20 [KBR]

Coupang, the South Korean Amazon, Is Chewing Up and Spitting Out Its Workers 2021-04-19 [Jacobin]

Exhaustion, punishing hours, and few job protections have led to the deaths of 17 delivery workers in South Korea 2021-03-08 [Insider]

Union campaign leads to South Korea ratifying core ILO Conventions 2021-03-05 [IndustriALL]

S. Korea ratifies key U.N. labor conventions 2021-02-26 [Yonhap]

IBK likely to appoint union-backed outside director 2021-02-21 [The Times]

GM Korea chief picks labor issues as key concern for investment 2021-01-28 [Korea Herald]

Tech underclass: the harsh reality of Asia's digital commerce boom 2021-01-27 [Nikkei Asia]

“Reinstate Kim Jin-sook, unfairly laid off 35 years ago” 814 citizens join one-day hunger strike 2021-01-26 [Kyunghyang Shinmun]

Korea trade breach shows need for EU sanctions over labour violations 2021-01-26 [ETUC]

The fight for safe rates for transportation workers in South Korea 2021-01-24 [Equal Times]

Walking from Busan to the Blue House for workers' rights 2021-01-20 [Verso]

The fight for safe rates for transportation workers 2021-01-20 [Equal Times]

The fight for safe rates for transportation workers in South Korea 2021-01-20 [Equal Times]

Samsung Unit Signs Collective Agreement with Labor Union 2021-01-14 [Korea Bizwire]

Global steel company POSCO guilty of corporate manslaughter, says union 2021-01-07 [IndustriALL]

Fatal incident halts Hyundai's S.Korean factory after retooling for new EV 2021-01-04 [Reuters]

Kia union votes to accept wage freeze amid pandemic 2020-12-29 [Yonhap]

Kia Motors' union in South Korea approves tentative labour deal 2020-12-29 [The Chronicle-Herald]

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