Thousands of South Koreans march in anti-government rally days after violent clash in capital
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in cities across South Korea denouncing the labor policies of the increasingly unpopular President Park Geun-hye.
The rallies on Friday were orchestrated by the country's largest umbrella labor union. They come about a week after police clashed violently in the capital Seoul with demonstrators denouncing the government's handling of a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people a year ago.
A spokesman from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions said that a rally attended by about 10,000 people in Seoul was held without significant conflict with police.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sporadic clashes were reported in other cities. Labor organizations are critical of labor policies they say will reduce job security and a revised pension system for government employees.