[%%IMAGE1%%] Participants hold placards and shout slogans calling for an end to discrimination against irregular workers and improvement of working conditions at an event for leaders of Federation of Korean Trade Unions chapters from across the country, at KBS Sports World in Seoul’s Gangnam district, Apr. 16. The union is planning a general strike for next month. They are resisting plans by the administration to reform the labor market with more temporary jobs.　The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions announced on Apr. 13 that they will hold a general strike starting on Apr. 24. (by Shin So-young, staff photographer)

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[Photo] Two major umbrella unions pledge general strikes

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Park Geun-hye’s experience is a cautionary tale for Yoon

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The extreme confrontation unfolding now between South and North is one where even a small mistake could lead to disaster

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When it comes to dialogue, half of it is about listening

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The way Korea’s chaebol families blatantly use affiliate spinoffs to secure inherited control over conglomerates is rarely seen in other advanced economies

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