The European Union has again urged South Korea to sign on to the core conventions of the International Labor Organization -- a goal Seoul had agreed to pursue in its FTA with the EU.<br />In a meeting Tuesday in Seoul with Korea's labor minister, Lee Jae-kap, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom called on Korea to ratify and fully implement the ILO agreements, which include freedom of association and which ban discrimination in employment.<br />The commissioner added if there's no concrete action, the EU will take the next step and convene a panel of experts to see if the delay constitutes a violation of the FTA.<br />Minister Lee said a related bill is pending in the National Assembly and that the government is working to ratify the conventions. <br />
