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On the 26^th of July, Cho Sung-deok, the vice-president of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union (KPTU) was given a two year jail sentence. Sung-doek's crime was for participating in mass rallies during 2015. This sentence is just the latest of a series of convictions against Korean union leaders and is part of a concerted campaign to crush trade unions in South Korea. Nevertheless, the response by workers in South Korea has been strong with many protest rallies and actions.