Republic of Korea
Broad Resistance to Anti-Social and Warmongering Policies of Yoon Government
Federation of Korean Trade Unions
(FKTU) rally in Seoul, November 11, 2023.
Since coming to office in May 2022, the pro-U.S., anti-communist government of President Yoon Suk-Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK), has carried out a broad anti-social offensive against the people and at the same time integrated the ROK more deeply into the U.S. imperialist war machine and its aim to dominate the Asia-Pacific region. This has threatened the peace and well-being of the Korean people and the peoples of the region.
In response, the Korean people have organized one protest after another in Seoul and other cities across the ROK since Yoon's government took power, demanding Yoon's resignation and a reversal of his anti-social and warmongering policies. Several actions were held in Seoul in November.
On November 20, the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held a rally declaring a general strike for workers' rights. The 65th candlelight demonstration in Seoul on November 18 called for the reversal of Yoon's anti-social policies and for the protection of workers' rights and social programs. Protesters carried signs and banners calling for the ROK National Assembly to impeach Yoon.
The "Emergency Situation Council for Preventing Prosecutory Dictatorship, Ruin of the People's Living and the War Crisis" held a rally on November 15 condemning "traitor Yoon Suk-Yeol for his policies against peace and the people."
More than 60,000 workers from all sectors participated in a rally by the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) on November 11. The FKTU pointed out that the Yoon government is proposing labour reforms that are retrogressive and compel workers to work overtime, enable the government's interference in trade union activities, and introduce other schemes to divide and attack the workers.
The organized resistance of the people of the ROK to the anti-social offensive and militarist policies of the Yoon government continue unabated as the people demand their rights and make their claims in south Korea. The latest polls show that Yoon's popular support remains around 33 per cent of the population.
This article was published in
Volume 53 Number 12 - December 2023
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