Jeon Tae-il | |
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Born | 28 September 1948 Daegu, South Korea |
Died | 13 November 1970 Dongdaemun District, Seoul, South Korea | (aged 22)
Korean name | |
Hunminjeongeum | 전태일 |
Hanja | 全泰壹 |
Revised Romanization | Jeon Taeil |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn T'aeil |
Jeon Tae-il (Korean: 전태일; 28 September 1948 – 13 November 1970) was a South Korean sewing worker and workers' rights activist who committed suicide by self-immolation at the age of 22 in protest of the poor working conditions of South Korean factories during the Third Republic era.[1] His death brought attention to the country's substandard labor conditions and advanced the formation of a labor union movement in South Korea.[2]