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Article

2 Aug 2004

Author:
O Youn-hee, Korea Herald

Civic group sues fast food chains over labor [So. Korea]

A leading civic group yesterday charged before the prosecution that several fast food franchises, including McDonald's and Burger King, violated the labor law by not paying minors and making them work illegal hours...McDonald's and Burger King spokesmen insisted the franchises paid owed wages in May after a warning from the Labor Ministry.