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Brussels, January 8 1997 (ICFTU OnLine): An international trade union delegation will arrive in Seoul on January 11 and will seek meetings with Korea's highest authorities in order to express the international trade union movement's concern over developments in the country following the adoption of new labour legislation.

The delegation will be led by Takashi Izumi, general secretary of the ICFTU's Asian and Pacific regional organisation (ICFTU-APRO) and will include senior representatives of the Paris-based Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and of ICFTU-associated International Trade Secretariats (ITS, international industry trade union federations). Upon its arrival in Seoul, the delegation will first have talks with the leadership of the two ICFTU affiliates in the country: the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).

The ICFTU and TUAC have closely followed the situation in Korea. On December 28, the ICFTU lodged a formal complaint against Korea at the ILO on the basis on the new labour legislation. The TUAC for its part has called on the OECD's Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee to meet as a matter of urgency to examine the Korean situation. Both the ICFTU and TUAC have maintained close contact with the Korean trade unions and have already made representations in support of their demands to the Korean President Kim Young-sam.

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