NY action demands end to US-South Korea war games

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023

NEW YORK — Some 120 people gathered here April 29 to demand an end to the bellicose annual U.S.-South Korea war games, an end to all sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.S. government, and an end to U.S.-imposed…


South Korea truckers strike wins rate hikes tied to inflation

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022
Owner-operator truck drivers at Inland Container Base in Uiwang-si, South Korea, fight to stop trucks moving during eight-day nationwide strike that won rate hikes to fight inflation.

After eight days on strike thousands of owner-operator truck drivers returned to work at major ports and container depots across South Korea June 15. Fighting to ensure their pay keeps up with skyrocketing fuel prices was at the heart of…


66-year South Korean ban on abortion ruled unconstitutional

Vol. 83/No. 17 - April 29, 2019
Rally in Seoul April 11 celebrates South Korea’s high court ruling that country’s ban on abortion is unconstitutional. Signs say, “Abortion law should be abolished” and “is unconstitutional.”

Cheers erupted from hundreds of demonstrators chanting “New world! Right now!” outside South Korea’s Constitutional Court in Seoul April 11 when the justices ruled 7-2 that a 66-year-old law banning abortion was unconstitutional. The court majority said the anti-abortion law…