Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and lawyer Kim Jong-chul from Advocates for Public Interest Law, sixth from right, demand prosecution of the Korean captain and his family who allegedly abused Vietnamese sailors for months aboard a fishing vessel working near Seogwipo, Jeju Island. They are pictured in front of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on May 29. / Yonhap







By Ko Dong-hwan





This still from a video shows a Vietnamese fisherman who was allegedly thrown into the ocean by a Korean fishing boat's captain. A fellow Vietnamese fisherman shot the video in March this year. / Screen capture from YouTube