"The movement for disability rights in Korea has been full-fledged since the 2001 struggle for the right to mobility. That year, the death of a person on a wheelchair after falling off a subway station lift sparked fierce protests and struggles demanding elevators at subway stations and low floor buses. Activists chained themselves to subway tracks and placed themselves in front of buses. The movement fought, often enduring insults, to expose society’s hypocrisy and change a society centered on the non-disabled towards one in which no one is marginalized."
Read MoreKim Jong Min has been involved in South Korean progressive political parties for the past 20 years beginning with the Democratic Labor Party that had been established in 2002, followed by the last 10 years in the Justice Party. He is currently the co-President of the civil society organization Together Seoul and, in this past presidential election, he was in charge of the Strategy Headquarters for the Justice Party.
Read MoreFrom January to May of 2018, about 550 Yemenis, mostly single men, arrived on Korea’s largest island through a visa waiver program for tourists.
Read MoreWith the South-North Korea summit in April and the upcoming North and US summit in June, the winds of peace are blowing over the Korean peninsula. There is even talk of “complete denuclearization” and “ending the war by the end of this year”. However, in Soseongri, a southern city in Seongju where the Terminal High Altitude…
Read MoreOn April 27, 2018, a historic event took place at Panmunjom when South and North Korean leaders met. They shook hands smiling at each other. North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un had crossed to the South.
Read MoreGM Korea and its union reached a tentative agreement on April 23, one hour before the deadline to file for court receivership (the first step in declaring bankruptcy).
Read MoreSamsung is South Korea’s biggest conglomerate. It is famous for having been union free ever since its foundation. It has, recently, been accused of creating documents containing detailed plans for busting the labor unions…
Read More2017 was a nerve-racking year for the Korean Peninsula, a tinderbox that could have exploded into war. In July, North Korea announced the successful launch of the long range…
Read MoreThe U.S. multinational General Motors (GM) is planning on shutting down GM Korea’s Gunsan plant. This would mean a loss of 2,000 jobs. GM has requested bailout funds from the Korea Development Bank.
Read MoreOn Mar. 14, President Lee Myung Bak (MB) was finally summoned on suspicion of possessing illegal slush funds estimated at 10 billion won (a bit less than 10 million dollars). Testimony from former aides are…
Read MoreOn Jan. 9, high level North-South Korea took place for the first time in two years. In his New Year's address, President Moon Jae-in even mentioned the possibility of a North-South Summit talk.
Read MoreIn light of the recent efforts by the Moon administration's efforts to raise the minimum wage and the arguments by his detractors, this article investigates Japan's lost 20 years to argue for increasing…
Read MoreFor the first time in Korea, an employee was appointed to a company’s board of directors. 12 more companies are set to follow. In these times, when government policies make the lives and existence…
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