11.   Employees of LG Semicon Co. walked off their jobs Monday to protest expected layoffs, forcing the memory chip-maker to halt production.

12.   Hundreds of striking metal workers and students hurled rocks at baton-wielding police on Saturday as a labor march protesting layoffs turned violent for a second straight day.

13.   In Seoul, thousands of workers and students rallied to protest layoffs, while the government pledged stern punishment for violence.

14.   It was the second strike in a week called by the militant labor confederation to protest layoffs by manufacturers seeking to cut costs in the face of plummeting sales.

15.   It was the second strike in a month called by the labor confederation to protest planned layoffs by manufacturers grappling with a severe economic recession.

16.   Journalists walked off the job again Friday to protest announced layoffs.

17.   Lee said his group is planning a strike in late May to protest widespread layoffs.

18.   On a separate front, public school teachers went on a general strike this week to protest government layoffs.

19.   Seoul subway workers went on strike Monday to protest planned layoffs.

20.   Since May, the labor confederation has called several short-lived strikes to protest layoffs by manufacturers seeking to cut costs in the face of plummeting sales.