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30 January, 2002In last week's NewsBriefs, the IMF reported on the January 22 Action Day for South Korea. The following affiliates also handed over protest letters and/or took other action:
- Algeria: FNTMMEE handed over a protest letter.
- Bangladesh: Bangladesh Metal Workers' Federation and Bangladesh Metal Workers' League sent protest letters to the South Korean government. The two IMF affiliates also organised a protest meeting in Dhaka.
- Thailand : About 20 trade unionists from TEAM went to the South Korean Embassy and handed over a protest letter.
- Singapore : The IMF Singapore Council sent a letter of protest to the South Korean Embassy in Singapore.
- Finland: A protest letter for Kim Dae-jung was given to the South Korean ambassador in Helsinki.
- Baltic states: Three IMF affiliates from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sent a protest letter to the Korean Embassy in Sweden.
- Hungary: VASAS presented a protest letter at the Embassy. Twenty trade unionists took part in the action.
- Serbia: A protest letter was sent.
- Switzerland: The Swiss IMF affiliate SMUV posted a protest letter to Kim Dae-jung.
- Mexico: IMF affiliates sent formal protest letters to the South Korean ambassador in Mexico.