2007년 '대선' #5

updated version:

A Black Day for the S.K.

Progressive Movement!!

12.19, 6 pm, one of the first TV pictures..

The "winner" (surprise, surprise!!^^):

Lee Myung-bak..

..THE hard-core fighter against the working class
His promise to all progressive activists:
"I'LL F*** YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!"

"The new government is expected to push policies to make the labor market more flexible and harden crackdown on illegal labor strikes. (*) Lee pledges to enhance the rule of law, aiming to curb "unlawfulness and disorder" caused by labor disputes. The measures may result in a waning of the labor movement, experts said.", Korea Herald wrote today.

S.K. Trade unions are split. Lee Yong-deuk, chairman of the reformist Federation of Korean Trade Unions said, "We congratulate President-elect Lee on his election along with all FKTU members. We concluded a cooperation agreement on labor policy and will give full cooperation and support to the president-elect if he faithfully keeps the promise he made in the agreement." Actually this remark isn't surpising after KFTU supported officially Lee's election campaign!

Oops.. DLP's leadership after realizing the first results (late evening 12.19)

But Woo Moon-sook, a spokeswoman for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), said, "President-elect Lee should volunteer to reveal the truth about the suspicions over the transaction of the land in Dogok-dong, Seoul and the BBK investment scandal. Only when such suspicions are cleared he can win the trust of the people."
WTFH she's talking about? But perhaps it's just the first step in the direction of appeasement??!!

* Likeley the new gov't will see all labor actions as illegal, except strikes for lower wages and longer working time (^^)..

Related articles by Korean and int'l (bourgeois) media:

☞ Chaebol to Enjoy Honeymoon With Lee (Korea Times)

☞ New conservatism rises to power (Korea Herald)

☞ The true message expressed by Korean voters (Hankyoreh)

☞ The hard part starts for Seoul's new man (Asia..)

☞ Promises undermine democracy in Korea (..Times/HK)

☞ Lee Wins Presidency in S. Korea (Washington Post)

The entire and complete final official result of the Presidential Election you can check out here (Yonhap, but only in Korean).