...On 4 May, a manager of ILJIN Hysolus, which is a supplier of Hyundai Motor and BMW, rammed his car into local trade union leaders hitting three of them and causing serious injuries to the union’s vice chair.

On May Day, Yang Hoe-Dong, a district leader of the Korean Construction Workers Union (KCWU), tragically set himself on fire to protest harassment of trade unionists by government authorities. Yang, one of the victims of that harassment, sadly passed away from complications of severe burns.

On 17 May some 40,000 trade unionists mobilized in Seoul to protest the YOON administration.

The Council of global unions has condemned the recent attacks, judicial harassment, and interference against the legitimate activities of trade unions and the rights of working people in South Korea...