The Jailing of Han Sang-gyun
The South Korean government is attempting to squelch worker militancy by locking up the country’s leading labor figure.
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Kap Seol is a Korean writer and researcher based in New York. His writings have appeared in Labor Notes, In These Times, Business Insider, and other publications. In 2019, his exposé for Korean independent daily Kyunghyang revealed an imposter who falsely claimed to be a US military intelligence specialist posted to the South Korean city of Gwangju during a popular uprising in 1980.
The South Korean government is attempting to squelch worker militancy by locking up the country’s leading labor figure.