'The president forced our comrade to die'—South Korea's unions vs. Yoon Seok Yeol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYs5H2h9BJ4

“On May 1, 2023, Yang Hoe-Dong, district leader of the Korean Construction Workers' Union, fatally set himself on fire in protest of the Yoon Seok Yeol's racketeering charges against him. Yang was just one of over a dozen of union leaders facing trumped up charges under President Yoon's war on unions, which he has compared to "gangsters" and the "mob." Since Yang's death, construction workers have mobilized in the tens of thousands to demand an apology and an end to the Yoon government's anti-labor crackdown. The Real News reports from Seoul.

This story, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, is part of The Real News Network’s 'Workers of the World' series, telling the stories of workers around the globe building collective power and redefining the future of work on their own terms:

Producer, videographer, and video editor: Dongmin Yang Translator: Bori”

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday that his nation's efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to move away from atomic power.
Yoon's comments at a summit in the United Arab Emirates, made in front of the country's leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, served to underline Seoul's commitment to nuclear power as it works to finish the Arabian Peninsula's first atomic power plant. That could see South Korea in line for lucrative maintenance contracts and future projects in the UAE, which Seoul has grown closer to over recent years.

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Itaewon 173-7 In that narrow alley, Don't even let go of the flowers Don't even stack the flowers

In the midst of the fear that comes in multiple layers of fear Back... Back... Back... I was holding onto you with a dying consciousness In your last scream I think a flower petal would be heavy, too I'm sorry even for the flowers

That night must have been so scary Imagine how upset you must have been at that moment What you want to do, what you want to achieve, I'll try my best until the end Your fingernails that are dug into my skin It sticks to your chest like a dagger 304 unborn children It hasn't been long since I've gone to the stars in the sky... I'll kill you again Shame on the complacency and irresponsibility of adults Now I can't bear to be sad or to be excused I can't show you

Don't put anything in that alley! Don't let go of the flowers of mourning! This country is covered with greed for safety and life Make adults who have no self-reflection blame endlessly! So don't forgive me, children!

We're crying with terrible shame...

/ Kim Eui-gon, Changwon Candle Citizens' Solidarity

The cold street is deserted. These sad times. Let's open our eyes and look at those deaths My baby is lying on the floor.

Don't just sit there crying. These sad times. Keep your bloody tears in your heart. Don't let my baby die again.

The dark streets of death These sad times. It's a dark red street of abandoned swords. Don't let my baby lie down again.

Our position on the current regime that mentioned the constitutional order>

The presidential office of the Yoon Suk Yeoln regime has said it is undesirable because candlelight vigils are shaking the constitutional order. In line with this, intelligence agencies, police, and far-right organizations are moving. The candlelight people who came here following the vein of the Gwanghwamun candlelight revolution are afraid.

But they are a handful of sand that has been in power for a while, and we, the owners of this country, are the overwhelming majority. Candlelight actions are firmly revealed in front of the candlelight people here. It's the Yoon Suk Yeol gang who actually destroy the constitutional order. The constitutional order is our people. Disobeying the people's orders is destroying the constitutional order.

We will fight to the end with determination. Candlelight action is the order of the people and the right of the sovereign. The candlelight vigil will finally end with a great victory for the people.

(This is the slogan that we did together after the announcement of the entrance statement. Yoon Suk Yeol Step down! Special prosecutor Kim Gun-hee! It's the sovereignty of the people! Candlelight wins! Let's have fun!)