Police Arrest Violent SsangYong Workers
10 Aug 2009, 13:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the civil war at SsangYong's plant in Pyeongtaek finally came to an end last week, the police - workers standoff continues in South Korea. But this time in a less violent manner. Police...
SsangYong Strikers Agree to End Protests
6 Aug 2009, 14:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After almost two months during which police troops and SsangYong workers had several violent clashes, the strikers who occupied the Pyeongtaek plant finally agreed to leave it voluntarily. SsangYong...
Police Raid SsangYong Plant, Many Injured
6 Aug 2009, 06:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It was only a matter of time until the protest at SsangYong's plant in Pyeongtaek turned into a violent confrontation between the strikers and police forces. If until now special troops avoided...
SsangYong Workers, Board to Hold Talks in "Peace Zone"
30 Jul 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / "You hit us, we hit you!" seems to be the favorite motto of the workers at SsangYong's Pyeongtaek plant who decided to protest against the board's decision to cut workforce in a ...
SsangYong May Lose State Support
21 Jul 2009, 12:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While South Korean police are engaged in a standoff with some 800 of its workers, SsangYong's financial problems threaten to worsen. Yesterday, the Seoul Central District Court, which supervise...
Police Assault SsangYong Plant
21 Jul 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things heat up at SsangYong's Pyeongtaek facility, where hundreds of police officers are reported to have stormed the buildings occupied for almost two months. The initial assault of Korean rio...
Ssangyong Pyeongtaek: Police Ready to Use Force
14 Jul 2009, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things heat up once again at the Ssangyong Motor plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, after in early July some 900 workers stormed the entrance to the facility. This time, the local police is get...