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Civicbodyholdsrallytocelebrateinter-Koreansummit
H
undreds of activists from a
the holiday and the declaration in South
demonstration to
MunHyeon-gyeng/TheArgus
progressive civic group rallied in
Korea’s biggest port city of Busan. But the
welcome
the
central Seoul on the occasion of
South Korean committee had to hold the
second inter-
Liberation Day on August 15 to support the
eventseparatelyastheNorthboycotteditin
Korean summit
upcominginter-Koreansummitandpromote
protestofUlchiFocusLens,aSouthKorea-
and demand an
inter-Korean reunification without the
U.S.militaryexercise,whichbeganinSouth
immediatehaltto
interventionoftheU.S..
KoreaonAugust20.
the Ulchi Focus
The day marked the 62nd anniversary of
LimHyeon-taek,whocomesfromBusan,
Lens training as
the 1945 liberation of the Korean Peninsula
said“Iamdisappointedthatwewerenotable
wellaswithdrawal
from35yearsofJapanesecolonialrule.The
to observe the day with a North Korean
of U.S. troops
In the campaign, two
day is a major holiday in both North and
delegation. Still, the event is significant
from the Korean
childrensmilecelebrating
SouthKorea.
because every participant can carry on the
Peninsula.
the upcoming inter-
The activists, who numbered about 400
spirit of the declaration and hope for
ThetwoKoreas
Koreansummit.
and gathered in Daehakno street in Seoul,
independentunification.”
have agreed to
were from the South Korean preparation
The event, which started at 11 a.m., also
hold a the summit in Pyongyang from
committee working for implementation of
featured various performances such as
October 2 to 4. The summit between South
the joint declaration of the first-ever Korean
“samulnori,” a Korean ensemble with
Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North
summit in June, 2000, which opened the
percussion instruments, a children’s chorus
Korean leader Kim Jong-il, initially
gates to repprochement and reconciliation
andatraditionaldance.
scheduled from August 28 to 30, was
betweenthetwoKoreas.
Afterwards,theparticipantsmarchedfrom
postponed due to devastating floods in the
The original plan had called for civic
Marronnier Park to the U.S. Embassy in
North.
By MunHyeon-gyeng
groupsofthetwoKoreastojointlycelebrate
Gwanghwamun, where they held a
Laborersprotestforretailworkers
YiSung-ae/TheArgus
T
housands of laborers under an
management.
umbrella labor body gathered in
One of them was a former stewardess of
frontofSeoulStationonAugust18
theKTXhigh-speedtrain.Shesaid,“Allof
to give support to striking union workers at
usshouldencourageeachother.Itisonlythe
thenation’smajorretailerE-LandGroup.
laborers together that can trust and fight
About 2,000 workers from the Korean
againstthedisadvantages.”
Laid off temporary workers protest in front of
Confederation of Trade Unions got together
A group of students gave a performance
SeoulStation.
ahead of their planned mass strike at the
against neo-liberalism. A laborer on
Homever outlet in Sangam-dong and the
condition of anonymity, who worked for
been the same since July and laborers are
New Core outlet in Gangnam, the two core
New Core, said that “the rally was meant to
worried about losing their jobs. If this
outletsgroupsinSeoul.
rid the new temporary workers law, to stop
problem is not solved now, university
The workers at E-Land had clashed with
out-sourcing and win the release of those
studentswhohavefuturesaheadofthemwill
the management to protest the massive
whowerearrested.”
beexperiencingthesamethingsthatweare.
dismissal of non-regular workers. E-Land
He also mentioned that “New Core had
So,studentsshouldtakethisinastheirown
laid off more than 900 non-regular
been on strike for sixty days and discussed
problem and think more about the situation
employeesatHomeverandNewCorebefore
matterswiththemanagementforelevendays
of temporary workers. It is not always the
the country’s new labor law regarding them
butthattherewasnochange.Therearealso
best idea to look at things from a new point
tookeffectthismonth,provokingtheprotest
newtroublesrisingbetweenlaborersbecause
of view.” Towards the end of the gathering,
bytheunion.
people are starting to face reality and the
workers from Eland came up to the stage to
At the rally in front of the station, one
need of money, causing them to return to
once again let their voices be heard and the
laborer after another came up to the readied
theirworkfield.”
whole group rose to head toward the two
stageandgavespeechesofthehardshipthey
He also said, “University students have
retailshops.
aregoingthroughandcalledfortheneedof
lostmuchinterestforthemselvesasawhole
ByYiSung-ae
sticking together to fight against the
compared to the last decade. Things have
SEPTEMBER 2007

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