Labor’s participation in electoral politics

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Labor Unions Set to Politicize Force
From The Korea Herald, 20 March 1997. The controversial labor law that went into effect on March 10 allows political participation by unions. The KCTU and FKTU plan to involve themselves in the December presidential election.
Two labor groups poised to increase political clout
Korea Herald, 22 September 1999. The landmark agreement reached among labor, management and the government to lift the ban on unions’ political activity. Now, one year later, labor groups are rapidly increasing their political clout. Their immediate goal is to make a visible mark in the upcoming 2000 National Assembly elections. Later, they hope to fill actual government posts with their members.
Unionists to Field Candidates
By Heo Yun-seon, The Korea Times, 18 April 2002. With the local elections coming up in June, unionists here are vowing to field their own candidates and at the same time organizing nationwide campaigns to discourage prospective contenders who are hostile to labor unions.
FKTU forms political party
Korea Herald, 4 November 2002. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) created yesterday a political party named the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election. Let’s begin an era of laborers and the common people, breaking the wall of ‘old-fashioned’ politics that has given us only frustration (brief).