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![Labour union members from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions participate in a rally in front of national assembly on December 3, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0127-labor-protest-400x300.jpg)
South Korean Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation
The raid has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor.
![A man walks past a damaged pavement in Seoul, South Korea, on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0809-seoul-flooding-400x300.jpg)
Seoul Sees “Two Months” of Rain in Half a Day, Killing at Least 8
The storm is further evidence that climate disaster is already here, scientists say.
![Members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers Union, a KCTU affiliate, gather in front of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Sejong City, South Korea, on June 23, 2021, to demand improved working conditions and expand public health care.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/10/2021_1019-k-p-2-400x300.jpg)
Half a Million South Korean Workers Walk Off Jobs in General Strike
U.S. observers must not treat the struggle in South Korea as a distant concern.
![People are seen watching television footage of a missile launch](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/09/2021_0922-north-korea-400x300.jpg)
North Korea’s Missile Tests Aren’t Surprising. Biden Has Been Fueling Tensions.
North Korea’s latest missile tests should be a wake-up call for the U.S. to officially end the 71-year-long Korean War.
![Activists, including several Korean-Americans, rally against possible U.S. military action and sanctions against North Korea, across the street from the United Nations headquarters on August 14, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0520-north-korea-400x300.jpg)
Biden Must End Sanctions Against North Korea — and Finally End the Korean War
Biden's policies toward North Korea are mainly a repackaging of the failed approaches of previous administrations.
![People stand in front of a fence holding signs decrying military exercises in Korea](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/03/White-House-400x300.jpg)
I Took Part in the US-South Korean War Drills. They Make All of Us Less Safe.
Real peace in Korea requires ending the U.S.-South Korea “war games.”
![Joe Biden squints into the air while speaking at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0127-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
For Peace With North Korea, Biden Must End the US-South Korea Military Exercises
If the U.S. holds joint military exercises with South Korea in March, it could sabotage prospects for diplomacy.
![Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1228-trump-400x300.jpg)
US Must Commit to Arms Reduction If It Wants North Korea to Do So
Pyongyang will never agree to a unilateral disarmament, regardless of how diplomatically the U.S. frames the demand.
![A man watches a tv screen showing Kim Jong Un speaking with Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/2019_0918-north-korea-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Must Stop Dismissing Diplomacy With North Korea
U.S. leaders cannot be the moral or political arbiters for a place and people they don't understand.
![Korean Americans take part in a DMZ Peace Chain in New York City on April 27, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0511-Chun-photo-2-400x300.jpg)
80 Million Korean People Must Not Be Reduced to a DC Bargaining Chip
Korean people — not Donald Trump — should be at the center of the peace process.