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A Single Spark
Chun Tae-il, a garment worker in Seoul, South Korea, set himself afire to protest against employer and police repression of workers demonstrating for their rights on 13 November 1970. As flames... [Item of the Day]
Right to Collective Action
In South Korea, workers' strike is among the labour rights stipulated in and protected by the Constitution, which was enacted on 17 July 1948. Article 33 gives workers a constitutional right to... [Item of the Day]