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“We Are Chun Tae-il!” - South Korean Workers Struggle Continues

It is a cloudy afternoon on November 13.

A young man steps out into the streets of Seoul, holding a copy of the south Korean labor laws. Gasoline fire consumes his body with every step. With labor movements suffocated by the regime, this is his last declaration against inhuman exploitation.

“We are not machines,” he cries through the flames. “Do not let my death be in vain!”

His name is Chun Tae-il.

International Strategy CenterNovember 25, 2021labor, Jeon Tae-il

Driven to Resistance: Taxi Driver Suicides in Korea and the US

What does it mean to stand in solidarity with workers? For the taxi drivers calling out for recognition of their struggles, this is a key question and an opportunity to question how our current economic system is changing.

ISC ArticlesInternational Strategy CenterMay 7, 2019labor rights, labor