- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

South Korea: Several Thousands Protested against Massive Layoffs

Categories: East Asia, South Korea, Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Labor, Protest

The “Hope Bus” protest took a place in Busan, the nation's largest port city, on July 31. About 3,5oo people from all over the country, including civic activists and labor groups, demonstrated against massive layoffs by Hanjin Heavy Industries. One of influential citizen journalists, MediaMongu [1] tweeted [2] [ko] photos of minor clashes between conservatives and progressives.