Korean peace activists are taking action around the world on July 27, the anniversary of the Korean War armistice, to call for a de-escalation of military tensions in the Korean Peninsula, reports Peter Boyle.
South Korea
Samsung workers in South Korea embarked on their first-ever strike on June 7, involving about one-fifth of Samsung’s workforce in the country. Pranjal Pandey reports.
Less than a month after Lee Jong-sup was appointed South Korea's (RoK's) ambassador to Australia, he was forced to resigned on March 29, amidst protests in South Korea and Australia. Seona Cho, an activist with Melbourne Candlelight Action, explains the background to this scandal and its links to the growing ties between US, Australian and South Korean arms manufacturers.
Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Youngsu Won, a socialist and coordinator of the International Forum in South Korea, about the new tensions flaring on the Korean peninsula and their potential ramifications.
Youngsu Won is a socialist and coordinator of the International Forum in South Korea. Speaking to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, he discusses how rising tensions between the United States and China impact South Korean politics.
The death of Bang Yeong-hwan, a South Korean taxi driver and trade unionist, has drawn international attention to the harsh and super-exploitative working conditions suffered in a country with an image as a high-tech, relatively developed and wealthy nation, reports Peter Boyle.
Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Denise Yoon, a key organiser of the South Korean protests against the dumping of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean — which began on August 25.
Anti-war protesters formed a human chain around the perimeter of the United States military base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on July 27, the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, reports Peter Boyle.
Thousands of peace activists will form a human chain around the largest United States overseas military base in the world, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on July 27, as part of a campaign for an official agreement to end the Korean War, reports Peter Boyle.
Peter Boyle spoke to SooYoung Hwang from the Korean Peace Appeal about the campaign to end the Korean War.
Secret United States government documents leaked onto social media platform Discord reveal how the US and its military is striving to reestablish hegemony — targeting adversaries and pressuring allies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
South Korea unions are fighting back against the right-wing Yoon Suk-yeol government, reports Clive Tillman. Strikes are planned for July on the back of record-breaking May Day mobilisations.
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