South Korea
In South Korea, strike leaders land in court
June 16, 2011180 Vietnamese migrant workers building a wharf in Inchon, South Korea, launched one brief strike in July, 2010, and another last January.
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Obama: No trade deals without help for workers
May 24, 2011The Obama administration tells congressional Republicans, biggest backers of so-called "free trade" treaties, they must restore trade aid for workers who lost their jobs to imports.
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World Notes: Cuba, Gaza and more
December 6, 2010From workers striking in Korea to Spanish complicity in U.S. war crimes, what's going on in the world.
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UN lets all sides claim victory on Korea crisis
July 14, 2010UNITED NATIONS - A UN Security Council statement, reflecting weeks of diplomatic wrangling over the March 26 sinking of the South Korean military ship Cheonan, seems to have diffused tensions.
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Questions and tensions remain about the Cheonan
June 16, 2010UNITED NATIONS - A few years ago, one would have assumed that today, June 15, would be a day of celebration across the Korean peninsula.
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