Korea's Labor Day gets a name change, but who counts as a worker?

South Korea will mark its first Labor Day on Friday, ending more than six decades in which the May 1 holiday was officially known as Workers’ Day. The change restores the holiday’s Korean name to Nodongjeol, replacing Geulloja-ui Nal, a term adopted in 1963 under an anti-communist government wary of the word “labor.” The change may appear symbolic, but the name has long carried political, historical and legal weight in South Korea. For labor groups, replacing “Workers’ Day” with “Labor Day” is a

By The Korea Herald