Prof. Chang Dae-Oup is a historian and Professor at the Graduate School of Global Korean Studies at Sogang University, Seoul. He is based at SOAS, University of London, UK and was formerly Post-doctoral fellow and Honorary Research Assistant Professor in the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Asia Monitor Resource Centre in Hong Kong, and has written a number of books on the labour relations of Asian developing countries and critical political economy.