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"..law-and-order top Lee's labor agenda", today's Korea Herald headlined.. It means that the new S.K. gov't will - very likely - choose the way of direct confrontation with the struggling working/oppressed class!

Instead the improvement the labor/human rights, we'll see in the coming years a new and excessive wave of increasing EXPLOITATION & OPPRESSION!! And very likely we'll get almost daily impressions like that:

Bloody state terror against the oppressed class!!

  
 To "prove it", Korea Herald wrote following:
 

The incoming government's labor policies are expected to prioritize .. the principled enforcement of law, as it aims to build a more liberal, growth-oriented economic system.

During the election campaign, Lee Myung-bak promised to put an end to illegal labor strikes and confrontational industrial relations..

He is also committed to current policies and legislative efforts which aim to make the labor market more flexible and competitive.

His center-right labor polices are likely to face a major test in his early months in office. Labor unions regard the president-elect as trying to weaken their influence, and to sideline key issues related to the conditions of workers...

Unlike the current Roh Moo-hyun administration, which has been criticized for being lenient regarding illegal labor strikes, Lee stresses that he will abide by the law. Lee has targeted labor activities which focus on political issues, as well as violent, illegal labor actions.
 

"I will put an end to illegal demonstrations, and establish law and order, which should be prioritized for the good of society. Our economy can grow only when our society advances," Lee said during one speech...

His resolve will face a major test within the first half of this year.

Lee Suk-haeng, head of the militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, threatened to stage a general strike against his labor policies.

"President-elect Lee (plans to) force sacrifice and pain on workers, in the name of economic revival," he said. He didn't mention the timing and specific issues of such a strike.

"We cannot but assemble our forces, and square off with the next government," he added.

The KCTU spokesperson Woo Mun-suk threatened to mobilize electricity, gas and major transportation workers in the strike.

This will inevitably prompt a fierce conflict with the government, which will enforce a new regulation which requires crucial sectors to maintain an essential minimum workforce...

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2008/01/07/200801070028.asp

Update (01.08):

Well, it seems that the incoming administration now wants to threaten the S.K. working/oppressed class on a daily basis! K. Times, in its latest edition, reported this:
"The coming administration expressed its willingness Tuesday to crack down on unauthorized strikes by unionists..", "The next government is poised to crack down on illegal labor activity..", "..the next government will put an end to illegal demonstrations, and establish law and order"...