SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Locals in Seongju County, which was chosen by the government Wednesday as the site for THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) battery deployment, took to the streets vehemently criticizing the decision. There took place a similar protest in front of the defense ministry building in Seoul on the same day [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye will convene a session of the National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday to discuss follow-up measures to the recent decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy an advanced U.S. antimissile system here, her office said. On Wednesday, the allies announced their official decision to deploy a [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – July 16 is the legal deadline to set next year’s minimum hourly wage, and while members of a part-time workers organization protested for an increase to 10,000 won at Gwanghwamun Plaza Tuesday, another rally was organized by other groups that are pushing the government to freeze wages for 2017. [...]
SEONGJU, South Korea, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of residents in the southern town of Seongju took to the streets on Wednesday to protest the government’s designation of the town as a site for the deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system. Some 5,000 residents of the town in North Gyeongsang Province staged a [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kings of ancient Korea might have held infinite power, but their statues are not likely to possess similar authority. On Tuesday, members of a part-time workers organization clashed with police by the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul, demanding an increase in the minimum hourly wage to 10,000 won [...]
BUSAN, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Victims lie on the ground at a busy public square in front of Busan Station. Among them are radioactive waste barrels and men in hazmat suits removing bodies. Fortunately, their were no real casualties, as the scene was the result of an unconventional flash mob. Members of Greenpeace and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of apartment guards facing potential layoffs took to the streets Thursday in protest of the apartment’s dismissal notification because of the introduction of a new electronic security system. Impending layoffs of security guards have been on the rise as apartment complexes across the country have already begun [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Families of those missing in last year’s Sewol ferry disaster began a one-person relay protest in Seoul on Thursday, calling for a swift and full salvage of the sunken ship. Parents of Huh Da-yun and Cho Eun-hwa, both teenage girls who went missing in the ferry sinking, were standing [...]