71.   They included subway workers in Seoul and Pusan and unions of the giant Korea Telecom and Korea Mint.

72.   Thousands of subway workers and dockers on Wednesday joined a nationwide general strike to protest a controversial new labor law, unions and government officals said.

73.   Thousands of subway workers in Seoul started a slowdown on Tuesday as unionists and management braced for threatened nationwide public sector strikes this week.

74.   Unionized subway workers in Seoul reached a last minute deal with management early Thursday, averting a threatened strike that would have left hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded.

75.   Union officials told AFP Seoul subway workers had returned to work Monday and hospital workers would return on Wednesday at the start of the New Year break.

76.   Many subway workers were among the seriously injured.

77.   Many subway workers were among those seriously injured.

78.   Meanwhile, thousands of subway workers in Seoul started a slowdown on Tuesday, two days before threatened nationwide public sector strikes.

79.   On Monday, the government ordered the subway workers to end their strike by midnight or face immediate dismissal.

80.   On Wednesday subway workers in Seoul and Pusan and unions of the giant Korea Telecom and Korea Mint are scheduled to go out for one day.