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Within the past two years, South Korea has seen major labor actions, including a general strike in October of 2021, and major crackdowns on organized labor, including the national intelligence agency raiding the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in January of this year. In that same time, military and geopolitical tensions in the region have been rapidly intensifying. What is going on? What is the state of organized labor in South Korea, and how have imperialist and capitalist pressures, especially from the US, shaped the terrain upon which working people across the Korean Peninsula are struggling to live and work with dignity? We talk about all of this and more with Ju-Hyun Park, author, organizer, and Engagement Editor at The Real News Network.

Additional links/info below...

• Ju-Hyun's Twitter page
• Nodutdol Twitter page
• Jia Hong & Ju-Hyun Park, Truthout / The Real News Network, "Half a Million South Korean Workers Walk Off Jobs in General Strike"
• Dongmin Yang, The Real News Network, "'The President Forced Our Comrade to Die'—South Korea's Workers Confront Yoon Seok Yeol's Labor Crackdown"
• Joonseok, Left Voice, "South Korea: Building a Powerful General Strike Is Urgent to Fight Against the Right-Wing Government's Attacks"
• Tim Shorrock, The Shorrock Files / The Real News Network, " South Korea's Yoon Launches Vicious Attack on Unions, Peace Groups"
• Ju-Hyun Park, The Real News Network, "Biden Needs to Accept That the US Can't Intimidate North Korea"
• Kap Seol, Labor Notes, "

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