The KCTU: How a Radicalized Union Undermines Democracy, Security, and Economic Resilience in South Korea

[Editorial] The KCTU: How a Radicalized Union Undermines Democracy, Security, and Economic Resilience in South Korea To Western policymakers, South Korea’s labor politics increasingly deserves scrutiny as a security and competitiveness issue. To the international community, South Korea stands as one of the great democratic success stories of the post–Cold War era—an open society, a technological powerhouse, and a linchpin of the U.S.-led security architecture in East Asia. Yet beneath this image lies a persistent internal challenge that Western policymakers often underestimate: the political r

• Orion Park 기자
• 2026-01-12 13:55