Perspectives from the workers of Seoul amid labor struggles, the continued subordination of South Korea’s sovereignty, the payment of most of its annual budget and reserves to the US government, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and more.

The USD 350 billion commitment is not just a trade imbalance; it is a siphoning of national wealth that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) warns will inevitably fuel domestic austerity and wage suppression.

Yoon, whose government was highly unpopular due to authoritarian policies and escalating war efforts, was impeached by the country’s parliament for imposing a short-lived martial law over the country last year in December.

The call to cancel the military exercises takes on increased urgency given the military accident last week when South Korean jets bombed their own citizens in the region bordering North Korea during the preparation of yet another joint military exercise with the US.

The NSEU is making history in organizing the first ever mass actions in the 55 year history of the world’s largest memory chip maker

Activists from trade unions, left political parties, and civil society groups called on the South Korean government to stop arming Israel

The “yellow envelope bill” is an outcome of years of labor mobilizations demanding reforms of existing labor laws, in the aftermath of workers suppression in the SsangYong Motors strike of 2009

The management of Seoul Metro has used losses over the past few years as a reason behind laying off over 2,200 workers, while trade unions argue it will affect safety standards

The Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union is preparing to launch a nationwide strike from July 13 as government continues to ignore grievances concerning staffing and pay. The unions expects approximately 45,000 health workers in 145 workplaces to join the strike

En una escalada de persecución antisindical en Corea del Sur, la Confederación Coreana de Sindicatos (KCTU) fue objeto de una redada por parte del Servicio Nacional de Inteligencia, acusada de violar una ley de seguridad nacional de la época de la Guerra Fría.

In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law 

The nationwide truck drivers’ strike completed 10 days on December 3, despite back-to-work orders and further strike-busting threats from the conservative Yoon Suk-yeol government