Seoul Peace Market (Korean: 서울평화시장; RR: Seoul pyeonghwa sijang) was an area in Cheonggyecheon area in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1960s and 1970s it was known as a site of numerous sweatshops, criticized for poor working conditions. On November 13, 1970, Jeon Tae-il, a Korean worker and workers' rights activist, committed suicide by burning himself to death at that location in protest of the poor working conditions in then South Korean factories.
By early 1990s most industry has relocated from that area, and it became well known as a quality marketplace, particularly for garments, attracting not just locals but even international tourists.
References
- ^ Chun Soonok (29 September 2017). They Are Not Machines: Korean Women Workers and their Fight for Democratic Trade Unionism in the 1970s. Taylor & Francis. pp. 60–65. ISBN 978-1-351-87953-8.
- Peterson, Mark (2009). Brief History: Brief History of Korea. Infobase Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4381-2738-5.
- Dennis McNamara (2 September 2003). Market and Society in Korea: Interest, Institution and the Textile Industry. Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-134-47834-7.
- Bruce Cumings (17 September 2005). Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition). W. W. Norton. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-393-34753-1.
- "[2010 연중기획] 희미해진 평화시장의 '전태일 기억'". Weekly Kyunghyang (in Korean). 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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