Korean bank imposes conditions on Daewoo workers

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) has agreed to help the major, hard-tried shipbuilder Daewoo, but only if the company freezes its workers’ wages and ensure they refrain from industrial action.
Photo: Thorbjørn Hansen
Photo: Thorbjørn Hansen
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN

The state-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB) has agreed to come to the aid of the country’s largest shipyard, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, but not without imposing certain conditions on the struggling shipbuilder, according to IHS Maritime 360.

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