Word: ulsan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deciding Thursday to pursue arrest warrants for union leaders. Judge Lee Sang-chul ordered seven leaders of the outlawed Confederation of Trade Unions to appear in court by Friday morning, and other district courts issued subpoenas for 13 others, including six Hyundai union leaders in the southern city of Ulsan. In overnight raids Thursday, police raided the empty head offices of the outlawed Confederation of Trade Unions and its three subsidiary groups, seizing hundreds of documents and anti-government materials as evidence of their illegal activity, officials said. Confederation leaders plan more demonstrations Saturday, but continue to scale back...
...Ulsan 10,000 riot police battled striking shipyard workers. In Seoul 2,400 police arrested union militants at the headquarters of KBS, the national broadcasting network. Workers at several other companies staged brief sympathy strikes. The latest outbreak of labor unrest was a stiff test of the government's new resolve to deal forcefully with strikers to keep South Korea's faltering economy out of trouble...