Within the project �Issue Paper Series � Labour and Society�, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Korea Office has invited national experts to analyse the current trend of socio-economic issues in South Korea and developing future scenarios for �socio-economic justice transition�. This article attempts to answer the following questions about platform work in South Korea: - What are the specific characteristics of the industrial relations in the Korean platform economy? - How does the labor movement react to this phenomena? - Is there any legal framework, regulations or initiatives for guaranteeing socio-economic justice in the platform economy?