[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>An overwhelming majority of irregular workers in South Korea view their country as “unfair society.” In a survey of 1,243 irregular South Korean workers, 92.5% of respondents said their country is an “unfair society,” while 76.7% said the Moon Jae-in administration’s labor policies have been ineffective. Moreover, 69.7% said they don’t expect conditions to improve in 2020. The photo shows labor activists call for improvements in working conditions for irregular workers at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions education center in Seoul on Jan. 14. (Kim Hye-yun, staff photographer)</p>

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[Photo] 92.5% of irregular workers view S. Korea as “unfair society”

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