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In a tent outside a Catholic church in Incheon, Korea, union members and leaders are standing in support of a union delegate who is now on hunger strike. 

Ms Hong, the union delegate at St Mary's Hospital in Incheon, has faced harassment and bullying at work. She has watched as her hospital has gone from being a facility which supports its public with a dedicated staff, to one which is accused of illegal practices and runs staff into the ground - all in the name of profit.

Ms Hong has reached breaking point, and has taken the dramatic step of beginning a hunger strike , calling on the Catholic Church to resolve the problems at the hospital. 

Read about the role of the Catholic Church and what Ms Hong and her union, the KHMU, plan to do next.