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Korean Companies Taking Cautious Approach to MERS Outbreak

SUWON, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Major companies in Gyeonggido are trying to block any spread of the MERS virus by allowing some employees to work at home, and sending others to quarantine. Groundless rumors are also spreading on workers’ SNS, adding more pressure for companies to act upon workers known to have been in direct [...]

Fired Workers to Spend Lunar New Year on Rooftops to Protest Labor Policies

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Jung-Wook and Lee Chang-Geun, two men protesting against Ssangyong Motor’s 2009 layoffs on the rooftop of a 70 meter-tall smokestack at Ssangyong’s Pyeongtaek assembly plant, have chosen not to descend to spend their Lunar New Year holidays with their families. The protestors said, on February 17, that they would not [...]