A-Infos (en) Korea: Riot police deployed

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Hundreds of South Korean riot police have been 
deployed in central Seoul, surrounding the 
Myongdong Cathedral where leaders of the Korean 
Confederation of Trade Unions took shelter 
during last year's general strike.  They have 
been sent there in order to prevent history 
repeating itself, as Korea braces for a renewal 
of the general strike on Friday. Meanwhile, both 
South Korea's labour minister and an official of 
the International Monetary Fund have made 
blatant threats against the KCTU if it goes 
ahead with the planned strikes.

At this time, it is vitally important for the 
international trade union movement to rally to 
the defense of the Korean unions who most 
elementary rights are being threatened.

For detailed coverage of the Korean strike 
situation, updated several times a day, check 
out:

http://www.solinet.org/LEE/korea_news.html

by Eric Lee
Original source union-l

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