[Infographic] People in the ‘hell ship’ how were they killed
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Fall to sea! Why didn’t they call 119 ?
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Blowing the whistle “How did I blackmail them?”
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‘Smashing’ subcontracting companies, ‘choking’ workers
‘Smashing’ subcontracting companies, ‘choking’ workers‘Quickly quickly’ ? is a common theme in Korean’s mentality. There are a few theories on the origin of this. One of these is the...
“Occupational Injury?” You didn’t call 119, did you?!”
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“Nobody stops running on a single log bridge”
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“What is should be like… what it really is like”
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‘Old’ Blacklist, still valid?
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“Mongjoon Jeong is coming to HHI to collect bills”
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Pyramid contract ‘Mul-yang team’, causes death.
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Norwegian press reported ‘Hyundai Heavy Industry worker’s fatality’…”Shocking information”
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“Wish I could remove the word of ‘suicide’ covered with my husband..”
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13 deaths within a year at the ‘death factory’…what happened ?
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Preface of
Preface of HHI’s human rights abusing operations must be stopped!This book is a translated version of one young talented journalist’s investigative reporting. He ran around Hyundai Heavy Industry...
‘Shipyard ghost story’, the same death in 2014 as 1994 again?
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Head opened, leg broken..No Worker’s Compensation!
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