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The Guardian - UK
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Ssangyong Motors workers on strike in South Korea

Ssangyong Motors: violent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: Smoke rises as striking Ssangyong Motor workers burn barricades Photograph: Lim Hun-jung/AP
Ssangyong Motors: violent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: Private security employed by Ssangyong Motors flee after being hit by fire bombs hurled by striking workers Photograph: Won Dai-yeon/AFP/Getty Images
Ssangyong Motors: violent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: Riot police are lowered on to the roof of a factory building in a modified shipping container Photograph: Kim Jae-myoung/AFP/Getty Images
Ssangyong Motors: violent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: Riot police detain a striking worker Photograph: Lee Myung-ik/Reuters
Ssangyong Motors: violent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: Strikers use a handmade cannon to fire pieces of metal at riot police Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
Ssangyong Motors: voilent strike at Ssangyong Motors continues
5 August: A riot policeman beats a striking worker before detaining him as police launch an assault on the factory complex Photograph: Kyonggi Ilbo/Reuters
Ssangyong Motors: fire which was set by striking workers at Ssangyong Motors in South Korea
5 August: A helicopter drops water on a fire set by striking workers Photograph: Aum Jung-Seok/AFP/Getty Images
Ssonyang motors seige: Ssangyong Motor's management use a catapult to attack striking workers
4 August: Ssangyong Motors management join police on a rooftop adjoining the occupied factory Photograph: Lee Jae-won/Reuters
Ssonyang motors seige: A police helicopter drops tear-gas on Ssangyong Motor plantin Korea
3 August: A police helicopter drops liquid CS gas on the lookout tower and rooftop protesters Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters
Ssonyang motors seige: A worker at Ssangyong Motors throws a petrol bombs at police
3 August: A worker throws a Molotov cocktail as police and company officials try to recapture the paint factory the strikers have been occupying Photograph: Lee Jae-won/Reuters
Ssonyang motors seige: A striking Ssangyong Motor worker with catapults
25 July: A striker stands beside catapults used for launching bolts and nuts at riot police Photograph: Jo Yong-hak/Reuters
Ssonyang motors seige: Protesters holding bamboo sticks confront police in Kore
25 July: Protesters holding bamboo staves confront police near the plant Photograph: Jo Yong-hak/Reuters
Ssonyang motors seige: striking ssanyong workers start fires to block police
24 July: Striking workers are surrounded by smoke from fires they set to block riot police surrounding the area Photograph: Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images
Ssangyong Motors seige: Striking workers launch bolts from catapults at Ssangyong Motors in Korea
23 July: Striking workers launch bolts and nuts from large slingshots Photograph: Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images
Ssangyong Motors seige: riot police under fire at Ssangyong Motors plant
23 July: Riot police protect themselves from projectiles as they surround workers occupying the top of a building Photograph: Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images
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