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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are participating in a general strike to protest the government's election-rigging and union-busting.
The South Korean police - 4,000 of them- attacked a Union Labor HQ's several days ago, without a valid search warrant.
Today, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike and are protesting the action.
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If only. This should happen world-wide, a workers protest of the 2%, poor pay and poor conditions
kelliekat44
Dec 2013
#19
And look where it has gotten us. First they got everyone to make concessions.
Enthusiast
Dec 2013
#27
It's a rerun with Tom Delay and Tonya Harding; Linda Tripp and Ollie North are the judges.
NBachers
Dec 2013
#23
Yes, you are wrong. You seem to want to put the worst possible interpretation on
totodeinhere
Dec 2013
#38
If I misunderstood your intention, I apologize. But you seemed to make light of
rhett o rick
Dec 2013
#39
Perspective? Trying living there for two years like I did before moving to China.
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
#40