https://znetwork.org/author/kap-seol/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 19 May 2025 16:57:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/kap-seol/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/samsungs-union-battle-and-the-crisis-facing-korean-labor/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/samsungs-union-battle-and-the-crisis-facing-korean-labor/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 16:57:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283935 Last year saw a historic strike by workers at Samsung, the Korean electronics firm with a global footprint. Yet the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) that organized the strike has since stumbled over an old practice in South Korea’s labor movement — one often used to drive a wedge between the leadership and the rank-and-file members. The [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/samsungs-union-battle-and-the-crisis-facing-korean-labor/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/south-koreas-presidential-impeachment-was-long-overdue/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/south-koreas-presidential-impeachment-was-long-overdue/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:05:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282211 After more than seven weeks of deliberations, South Korea’s Constitutional Court has finally upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who attempted to subvert the constitutional order with a botched bid for martial law in December. However, the unanimous verdict from eight judges laid bare a country increasingly fractured by social and political tensions. “Since [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/south-koreas-presidential-impeachment-was-long-overdue/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/intelligence-agency-raids-top-union-confederation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/intelligence-agency-raids-top-union-confederation/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2023 16:34:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1238065 South Korea’s intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country’s largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/intelligence-agency-raids-top-union-confederation/feed/ 0