SCMP
Thursday, December 14, 2000

Bank's president under union siege over merger regarded as jobs threat

B.J. LEE and AGENCIES in Seoul

Hundreds of South Korean bank workers were last night laying siege to the
bank's president in an attempt to stop him signing a merger agreement that
could threaten their jobs.

Kim Sang-hoon, president of Kookmin Bank, was blockaded in his office by
about 200 union protesters, singing and chanting slogans.

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