Jin Young-OK, the vice-president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, has been arrested and charged with organising illegal demonstrations and strikes.

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Nevertheless, Mr Kim has at least persuaded the militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the smaller of the country's two union groups, to abandon a national strike that was scheduled for June 10th and return for a second round of talks on job cuts with the government and employers.

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"We have endured the pain, sacrificing ourselves too much under the framework of harsh retrenchments imposed by the IMF, " says Korean Confederation of Trade Unions head Lee Kap Yong.

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