Recently a church in downtown Seoul gained international attention when it gave refuge to leaders of a labor march who took refuge there after a clash with police. (They were protesting the passage of a new labor law by the ruling party when no opposition deputies were present.)
位於漢城市中心的明洞天主堂即以街頭運動者的庇護所聞名。去年十二月底，由於國會在沒有反對黨在場的情況下，強行通過新勞動法，引起勞工群眾及支持者不滿，發動街頭抗爭活動，與警方發生衝突後，教堂就為了庇護工運領袖而挺身與警方對立，引起國際矚目。