TOKYO -- Supporters and opponents say newly-passed legislation in South Korea stands to reshape the relationship between management and growing numbers of irregularly employed workers, in a country long beset by tense corporate-labor antagonism.
Amendment limits companies' scope to sue workers for losses caused by strikes

Workers attend a protest against President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for better labor conditions, in central Seoul in 2022. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Supporters and opponents say newly-passed legislation in South Korea stands to reshape the relationship between management and growing numbers of irregularly employed workers, in a country long beset by tense corporate-labor antagonism.