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Korean economy
![Self-Immolation Highlights Plight of South Korean Contract Workers Self-Immolation Highlights Plight of South Korean Contract Workers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-20_20-34-51.jpg)
Self-Immolation Highlights Plight of South Korean Contract Workers
By Steven Denney
A worker at a South Korean tire factory set himself ablaze to protest the changing labor environment.
![Post-97 Korea and Its Discontents Post-97 Korea and Its Discontents](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-20_10-58-16.jpg)
Post-97 Korea and Its Discontents
By Steven Denney
Deregulated labor markets and the pressure of global capitalism pushes some precarious workers to acts of public drama.
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