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Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Jun 15 (EFE/EPA).- Members of delivery workers union in South Korea's capital on Tuesday went on another strike to demand better job security and working conditions.Around 3,000 protesters began a general strike on Jun. 9. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF DELIVERY WORKERS UNION PROTEST TO DEMAND GREATER JOB SECURITY AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Lee Man-hee, the leader of a South Korean sect linked to more than half the country's 4,000-plus coronavirus cases, gets down on his knees to bow before reporters and apologise for the spread of the disease. IMAGES
Images outside the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu, South Korea. More than 80 members of Shincheonji have now been infected, starting with a 61-year-old woman who developed a fever on February 10 but attended at least four church services before being diagnosed. Shincheonji is often accused of being a cult and claims its founder, Lee Man-hee, has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the day of judgement. IMAGES
More than 2, 000 South Korean schools shut last week because of the MERS outbreak reopen for classes. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
A South Korean healthcare worker arrived in Germany from Sierra Leone after possibly contracting Ebola. Justin Mitchell reports.