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Added on the 26/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
Protesters, including labour victim Yang Geum-deok, gather in front of the National Assembly in Seoul holding anti-government placards after South Korea announced plans to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour. IMAGES
Seoul, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced Thursday it posted a second-quarter net profit of 9.63 trillion won (about $ 8.3 billion), up 73.2 percent year-on-year, thanks to its branch semiconductors sales.The company also achieved a gross operating profit of 12.9 trillion won for April-June, 65.76 percent more than in the same period of 2020. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SAMSUNG HEADQUARTERS AND SAMSUNG SHOP IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Hwacheon-gun , Jun 25 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean veterans Friday commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Korean War near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon-do, South Korea.Sixteen nations fought for South Korea under the United Nations (UN) flag during the 1950-53 Korean War.The DMZ was established at the end of the conflict to serve as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN VETERAN ATTEND THE CEREMONY FOR THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) ON HWACHEON-GUN IN GANGWON-DO, SOUTH KOREA.
Hwacheon-gun , Jun 25 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean veterans Friday commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Korean War near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon-do, South Korea.Sixteen nations fought for South Korea under the United Nations (UN) flag during the 1950-53 Korean War.The DMZ was established at the end of the conflict to serve as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN VETERAN ATTEND THE CEREMONY FOR THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) ON HWACHEON-GUN IN GANGWON-DO, SOUTH KOREA.