1.   Besides concerns over oversupply of scrip, rising interest rates and conflicts involving a proposed labor law revision added further downward pressure, they said.

2.   Workers across South Korea voted Wednesday on whether to stage a general strike to protest a labor law revision.

3.   South Korean financial institute employees Friday endorsed plans for a nationwide strike in December to protest government moves to push a controversial labor law revision through parliament.

4.   The government has vowed to railroad the labor law revision through parliament next week.

5.   The government has vowed to railroad its own labor law revision through parliament next week.