Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

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KCTU

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
Founded	11 November 1995
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Location	Republic of Korea
Members	1,134,056 (2020)[1]
Key people	Kim Myung-hwan, Chairman
Affiliations	ITUC
Website	www.kctu.org (English) www.nodong.org (Korean)

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The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), literally translated as National Confederation of Democratic Trade Unions, also known as Minju-nochong (Korean: 민주노총; an acronym for "KCTU" in Korean), is a national trade union centre in South Korea officially established in 1995. Its predecessor was the National Council of Trade Unions (NCTU), established in 1990 as an independent, democratically operated alternative to the Federation of Korean Trade Unions.

Following the 2016–17 South Korean protests (Candlelight Demonstrations), the KCTU has seen accelerated growth in union enrollment, reaching 1,134,056 members in 2020 and making it the second largest industrial union confederation in Korea.^[1]