25 Labor-Related Bodies Blacklisted as Illegal
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
The National Police Agency (NPA) has included an anti-FTA alliance, major umbrella labor unions and even a political party on a list of what it called illegal, violent organizations, and will ask the government to discontinue subsidies to these groups.
The NPA said Thursday that it classified 25 organizations as illegal ones for leading violent protests and instigating public unrest.
The list was made at the request of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the police headquarters said.
Among the organizations on the list are the Korean Alliance Against the KORUS FTA, the Democratic Labor Party, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Korean Metal Workers' Federation.
Any organization classified as illegal cannot benefit from national subsidies.