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9 Jun 2015

Author:
Michael Gold, Reuters

Taiwan deports Korean workers protesting over factory closure

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South Korean workers protesting against the closure of a Taiwan-owned electronics factory in Korea were deported from Taipei on Wednesday...The Korean workers had arrived in Taiwan in late May to protest over the closure of a flat-panel display screen factory owned by the unlisted Hydis Technologies Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which is majority-owned by Taiwan's YFY Inc....Korean workers had been...demanding the factory be reopened and its some 400 staff re-hired...Such labour disputes, involving workers flying in from overseas to protest against their foreign owners, is extremely uncommon on the island...