Tens of thousands of members of the Korean Financial Industry Union chant slogans as they adopt a resolution for a general strike, at World Cup Stadium in Seoul’s Mapo district, Sep. 23. Two umbrella unions with 200,000 members, representing the public and financial sectors, have said that the government has threatened the public nature of public institutions by unilaterally pushing through a performance-based annual salary system. (by Park Jong-shik, staff photographer)