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WSWS : News & Analysis : Asia
 
Korea

     

28 April 2008
US intelligence on Syrian reactor: justifying last year's crime to prepare for new ones

16 January 2008
Credit crunch impacts on South Korea

24 December 2007
Right-wing candidate wins South Korean presidential poll

18 December 2007
South Korean presidential election: right-wing candidate poised to win

10 October 2007
Uncertainty hangs over deal to disable North Korea's nuclear facilities

12 September 2007
South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan ends

31 July 2007
Talks over North Korea's nuclear programs fail to make any progress

29 June 2007
North Korea announces shut down of nuclear reactor

23 May 2007
Trains cross the Korean border for the first time in six decades

25 April 2007
Who missed the deadline on the North Korean nuclear deal?

6 April 2007
North Korea nuclear talks break down over funds transfer

16 February 2007
US-North Korean nuclear agreement: clearing the decks for Iran

28 December 2006
Six-party talks on North Korean nuclear program reach dead end

25 October 2006
Rice returns empty-handed from North East Asia

23 October 2006
North Korean nuclear test opens up political divisions in South Korea

16 October 2006
US pushes through UN resolution against North Korea

13 October 2006
North Korean nuclear test poses dilemmas for China

12 October 2006
Behind the UN debate on North Korea: growing Great Power rivalry

10 October 2006
Bush administration leads chorus of denunciations against North Korea's nuclear test

6 October 2006
Washington threatens North Korea over announced nuclear test

19 August 2006
China joins US in freezing North Korean bank accounts

18 July 2006
US pleased with "compromise" resolution on North Korea

11 July 2006
US and Japan exploit "missile crisis" to heighten tensions in North East Asia

6 July 2006
US and Japan seize on missile tests to tighten noose around North Korea

29 June 2006
North Korean "missile crisis"--another example of unbridled US militarism

3 May 2006
Tensions between Japan and South Korea heighten over island dispute

25 November 2005
The implications of Bush's diplomatic debacle in Asia

APEC: mass protests and political tension in South Korea

22 September 2005
The Bush administration backtracks on North Korea

20 August 2005
Food shortages leave millions of North Koreans facing starvation

13 August 2005
Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program in deadlock

8 June 2005
Bush administration intensifies pressure on North Korea

3 May 2005
US steps up provocations against North Korea

14 February 2005
North Korea pulls out of nuclear talks

24 November 2004
South Korean government cracks down on public sector strike

6 September 2004
South Korea admits to carrying out secret nuclear experiments

3 August 2004
South Korean government uses police measures against striking workers

2 August 2004
Former US soldier arrives in Japan
Charles Jenkins: a pawn on the international chessboard

28 June 2004
US backflip over North Korean nuclear programs

26 June 2004
Beheading of Kim Sun-il fuels South Korean protests over troop deployment

18 May 2004
South Korean court overturns presidential impeachment

17 April 2004
South Korean voters reject rightwing establishment parties

26 March 2004
President impeached as South Korean democracy unravels

2 February 2004
Standoff continues over North Korea's nuclear programs

27 December 2003
Washington scuttles six-nation talks over North Korean nuclear crisis

8 December 2003
South Korea begins to deport migrant workers

19 November 2003
Thousands of workers in South Korea strike against repressive labour laws

2 September 2003
No agreement reached in Beijing over North Korea's nuclear program

20 June 2003
US prepares military blockade against North Korea

5 May 2003
US rejects North Korean proposals for defusing confrontation

23 April 2003
Pentagon sabre-rattling prior to US-North Korean talks in Beijing

18 March 2003
US boosts capacity to launch air strikes on North Korea

24 February 2003
Inadequate safety planning produces South Korean subway disaster

18 February 2003
Washington prepares to tighten the economic noose around North Korea

8 February 2003
Bush threatens military action against North Korea

16 January 2003
Pyongyang reacts to US threats by withdrawing from non-proliferation treaty

30 December 2002
Bush sets course for confrontation with North Korea

21 December 2002
South Korean election reveals deep-seated hostility to Washington

19 December 2002
South Korean election dominated by debate over US alliance

14 December 2002
The strange affair of the Yemeni Scud missiles

13 November 2002
TV film on death of Frank Olson
German documentary charges US used biological weapons in Korean War

31 October 2002
US uses nuclear revelations to raise tensions on Korean peninsula

21 October 2002
Why the US plans to bomb Iraq and not North Korea

1 October 2002
Pyongyang summit: North Korean prostration answered with more Japanese demands

19 September 2002
Russia: a railroad deal lies behind Putin's meeting with North Korean leader

11 September 2002
Koizumi's visit to North Korea: a first for Japanese imperialism

11 July 2002
Noose tightens around North Korea following Yellow Sea naval battle

24 June 2002
US-backed groups push North Korean asylum bids in China

6 April 2002
South Korean unions scuttle power workers strike

27 March 2002
War danger grows on Korean peninsula

25 March 2002
South Korean president threatens to sack striking power workers

9 March 2002
Unions isolate striking South Korean power workers

15 February 2002
Bush's "evil axis" speech destabilises the Korean peninsula

31 January 2002
State of the Union speech: Bush declares war on the world

9 January 2002
Japan militarisation accelerates after sinking of alleged North Korean spy ship

30 November 2001
US steps up pressure on North Korea

28 September 2001
North Korea seeks rapprochement with South and the US

21 June 2001
A dismal anniversary of the Korean summit

18 June 2001
South Korean unions rapidly shut down national strike campaign

21 April 2001
South Korean government faces backlash over police violence against Daewoo workers

6 April 2001
Bush administration ratchets up tensions on the Korean peninsula

17 March 2001
South Korean president boasts to US investors of crackdown on Daewoo workers

24 February 2001
South Korean government orders massive police assault on Daewoo workers

6 February 2001
China pushes North Korea to accelerate free market policies

30 December 2000
Unions call off strike
South Korean police storm bank workers' occupation

8 December 2000
IMF presses for more job destruction in South Korea

2 December 2000
South Korean union agrees to implement mass layoffs at Daewoo

18 November 2000
Daewoo collapse to have global consequences

3 November 2000
The Nobel Peace Prize and Korea's Kim Dae-jung

Corruption scandal points to South Korea's continuing economic instability

27 July 2000
The Korean summit: no recipe for peace and prosperity

30 May 2000
US magazine seeks to undermine accounts of Korean War massacre

13 April 2000
South Korean poll dominated by a disgruntled and alienated electorate

23 February 2000
Citizen group campaign throws South Korean elections into chaos

31 December 1999
Diplomatic scramble by Japan, US to open up North Korea

18 December 1999
Signs of political instability as South Korean government prepares for next year's election

19 November 1999
Survivors of Korean War massacre by US soldiers seek investigation

Reflections on the No Gun Ri massacre by a former US serviceman stationed in Korea

8 October 1999
Daewoo collapse threatens further financial crisis in South Korea

21 August 1999
Typhoon compounds North Korean food shortages

19 August 1999
Arrest of workers continues as
South Korean president releases rival's wealthy son

11 August 1999
US, Japan exert sharp pressure on North Korea over possible missile test

17 July 1999
South Korea's economic recovery--a recovery for whom?

6 July 1999
Officials arrested for shoddy construction
Youth centre fire in South Korea claims 23 lives

26 June 1999
G-8 powers warn North Korea over missile tests

17 June 1999
Rising tensions on the Korean peninsula: South Korea sinks North Korean torpedo boat

10 June 1999
Visit by US envoy intensifies pressure on North Korea

1 June 1999
Interview with a WSWS reader
Joblessness and poverty in South Korea

26 May 1999
South Korea: Government intensifies arrests as union calls off strikes

18 May 1999
Correspondence on the South Korean strikes

15 May 1999
South Korea's "second wave" of strikes winds down

29 April 1999
Korean unions call off subway and Telecom strikes

21 April 1999
Strikes erupt in South Korea against restructuring and job losses

17 April 1999
Korea: the next Kosovo?

7 April 1999
As the US maintains economic blockade
A human catastrophe unfolds in North Korea

1 April 1999
An explosive situation on the Korean peninsula

16 March 1999
Amid further restructuring and layoffs
South Korean unions threaten national strikes

10 February 1999
South Korean workers fight mass job cuts

1 October 1998
South Korean bank unions call off indefinite strike

11 September 1998
Unprecedented violence used against Korean workers

4 September 1998
Thousands of riot police attack Korean workers

3 September 1998
South Korean Hyundai workers rebuff union leaders, vote massively against job-cutting pact

28 August 1998
Korean unions accept Hyundai job cuts
Angry workers denounce agreement

19 August 1998
Striking auto workers, police clash in Korea

12 August 1998
Hyundai workers continue to fight lay-offs
Korean unions trade-off wages and conditions

1 August 1998
Hyundai workers sacked in South Korea

25 July 1998
Green light for mass layoffs
Unions cancel Korean general strike

23 July 1998
Auto layoffs spark general strike call in Korea

16 July 1998
Thousands strike in Korea despite arrests

11 July 1998
Rising unemployment provokes widespread industrial unrest
Mass strike and rally called in South Korea

4 July 1998
Ford moves to take over Kia Motors

2 July 1998
Mass sackings in South Korea
Hyundai workers strike over layoffs

29 May 1998
Nation-wide strikes in South Korea

22 April 1998
South Korean workers protest mass retrenchments

3 April 1998
Kim Dae Jung and unions enforce IMF program
Korean unemployment doubles in six weeks

11 March 1998
Bankruptcies and unemployment on the rise:
Kim Dae Jung inaugurated as South Korean president

25 February 1998
The capitulation of the South Korean unions

13 February 1998
South Korea unions abandon strike

10 February 1998
Korean unions agree to mass layoffs

23 January 1998
South Korea: Unions agree to impose IMF dictates

 

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21 June 2001
A dismal anniversary of the Korean summit

3 November 2000
The Nobel Peace Prize and Korea's Kim Dae-jung

27 July 2000
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