S. Korean workers call for shorter work hours

S. Korean workers call for shorter work hours

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's unionized railway, gas and power utility workers launch a strike Feb. 25 in Seoul, demanding shorter working hours and a halt to the government's plan to privatize the public firms. Korea Gas Corp.'s labor union later called off the strike after reaching an agreement with the government.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001088418
  • Registered date
  • 2002/2/25 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2002 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.18(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

    S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

    Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.
      S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

      S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

      Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.
        S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

        S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

        Plaintiffs and others celebrate in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Japanese companies Hitachi Zosen Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay the plaintiffs damages over wartime labor.

          [Breaking News]Korea court upholds wartime labor damages order for Japan firms

          SEOUL, Dec. 21 Kyodo - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule.
            Seoul citizens mark inauguration of President Lee Myung Bak

            Seoul citizens mark inauguration of President Lee Myung Bak

            SEOUL, South Korea - Citizens in Seoul toll a giant bell at a temple in Seoul in celebration in the early hours of Feb. 25 to mark the inauguration of Lee Myung Bak as the new South Korean president. Lee took over the presidential office from Roh Moo Hyun at the stroke of midnight.