BUSAN, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Jin-suk, a labor activist well known for her 309-day sit-in protest atop a giant shipyard crane 10 years ago, was symbolically reinstated to her company Friday, 37 years after she was fired due to union activities. Kim attended the ceremony for her honorary reinstatement and retirement at HJ [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In 2011, Kim Jin-suk climbed up a shipyard crane in a high-profile protest against the dismissal of hundreds of workers at midsized shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. The labor activist of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions came down from the 35-meter-high tower crane in the southeastern [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A former noncommissioned officer forcibly discharged from the military after sex reassignment surgery has filed an appeal seeking reinstatement, sources said Wednesday. Byun Hee-soo, 22, filed the petition with the Army Headquarters, the sources said, after a military committee ruled last month based on a medical examination that the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The formerly 11-piece girl band I.O.I will be reinstated as a nine-member group to release a new album in October, a music label said Monday. The new album, set for release in October, will be the first music release by I.O.I since the project group’s official disbandment two and [...]