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S.Korea: Backlash After ‘30 Minute' Pizza Delivery Deaths

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Lee Yoo Eun - Feb. 09 (Opinion) - A popular Domino's Pizza marketing strategy promising pizza delivery within 30 minutes of an order has met with a public backlash in South Korea, following the deaths of several young delivery personnel.

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Union repression in Korea is among the worst in the world

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

imfmetal.org - By Jenny Holdcroft - Jan. 26 (Advocacy) - In recent years attacks against trade unions in Korea have increased, in terms of the number of arrests of labour leaders and in severity of prison sentences. There has also been a marked increase in cases of physical violence carried out by police against workers on strike or participating in demonstrations.

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UAW Gets 800 Jobs for Endorsing Obama's NAFTA-Style Korea Trade Deal

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jane Hamsher - Dec. 04 (Opinion) - By endorsing this agreement, UAW President Bob King demonstrates that the UAW has become a Chinese-style union: much closer to the interests of management and government than its line workers.

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In North Korea, the worst is yet to come

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Michael Moran - Jul. 25 (Opinion) - Of course, North Korea routinely threatens war. This time may be no different. But ever since stories of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s imminent demise after a stroke began circulating last year, Korea watchers have been reading into the regime’s every move.

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Chilling prospects in new cold war | The Australian

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

theaustralian.com.au - By Rowan Callick - May. 26 (Opinion) - IMAGINE the anger that would be reverberating around the world if the US had, unprovoked in any way, sunk a Cuban ship, killing dozens of sailors - or if Israel had similarly blown up a Syrian vessel, drowning half its crew. The deaths of 46 South Koreans, killed when a torpedo from a North Korean submarine sliced in half their 1200-tonne corvette, the Cheonan, on March 26 have so far been treated overseas as chiefly a parochial concern.

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Sanction North Korea

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Korea Times - By Korea Times - May. 24 (Opinion) - It is highly important to prevent North Korea from repeating its brutal provocations against South Korea such as its attack on the warship Cheonan in the Yellow Sea on March 26. If the government and the international community fail to do so, they could face more grave consequences from the belligerent military regime. That's why the South and its allies are pushing for fresh sanctions against the recalcitrant North.

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