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As today's "weekend reading" I would like to suggest the following (incredibly bizarre &insane)story, published in yesterday's Rodong Shinmun...
Honourable Is Life to Resolutely Defend Leader
An unexpected fire broke out at Sakju County House of Culture on the afternoon of January 17 last.
At the news many county people rushed to the spot.
The portraits of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and the main slogans of the Party were brought out in safety.
Meanwhile, the flames got fiercer.
At that time two men were seen to creep out.
They were Ko Yong Chol, officer of the propaganda department of the Sakju County Party Committee and Pak Yun Chol, security man of the Sakju County People's Security Office.
They were sent to a hospital. After a while they came to their senses and said that some people remained in the building of the House of Culture.
They told the names of 4 men and fell senseless again.
The 4 men were Choe Yong Chan and Kim Kyong Il, officers of the County Party Committee Propaganda Department, Yun Tong Ho, vice-chairman of the County Youth League Committee and Paek Kwang Hyok, security man of the County People's Security Station.
They could survive if they wanted. Why then, did they remain in the scorching flames to the end?
Ko and Pak witnessed the scene.
Having brought the portraits of Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and also the main slogans of the Party in safety out of the building on fire, Ko Yong Chol heard some dim voices.
He found vague figures of men in front of the stage over the flames.
Ko rushed to them. Pak followed him.
Fireballs were falling like hail. Ko stopped and found three men supporting a ladder and a man climbing it.
"There is still a slogan!", shouted the three men all together.
Ko and Pak joined them immediately.
Fireballs were falling from the ceiling continuously and the smoke was suffocating them. But they desperately took down the slogan.
In ordinary times 6 men would not have dared to take down the large and heavy slogan. But they took it down with superhuman power. Just that moment the ceiling fell down on their heads.
Choe Yong Chan, Kim Kyong Il, Yun Tong Ho and Paek Kwang Hyok could not even leave their corpses whole.
They were in their thirties. They had parents, wives and children.
They met their fate in a moment. But the moment tells of their worthwhile life and beautiful future.
According to Wikipedia "A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates. General strikes are characterized by the participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, and tend to involve entire communities..."
So, to cut a long story short, KCTU's "General Strike"(aka "National People's Strike") wasn't a general strike and above all not a "people's strike"[for more detailed info, especially the - more or less - poor 'performances' in the various provinces/cities, please check out the latest (Korean)reports on LabourStart(2.25/26)]!!
And finally(no comment^^)...
Yesterday's so-called "People/General Strike" in S. Korea: Here you can watch a documentary, depicting the complete "strike" rally in front of Seoul's City Hall(more about the issue you'll get here tomorrow!!)...
Here you can watch a short English TV report(by Arirang News) about the same event.
Today's so-called "People's/General Strike" in S. Korea: First impressions(more about the issue you'll get tomorrow!!)...
Since last Friday(2.21): A new international solidarity/signature campaign...
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN(for more detailed info, please check out "Act Now!")!!
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☞ #FreetheKorean15 (TUC, 2.21)
Two days ago Yonhap News reported the following: The government will deal sternly with a militant umbrella union's general strike planned for next week, the labor minister said Wednesday, labeling it "illegal."
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) has said all of its members will go on strike Tuesday, timed with the first anniversary of the incumbent government, demanding it stop oppressing workers and attempting to privatize public companies(*)...
* Oops~ but KCTU demands(^^) first and foremost: "Park Geun-hye... STEP DOWN!"
..."The government will sternly deal with the illegal strike with no justifiable purpose," Phang Ha-nam said during a press conference at the government complex in this central administrative city of Sejong.
"The principle of no-work-no-pay will be applied to individual unions and unionists taking part in the strike and they will be held responsible for their participation, including receiving disciplinary actions," the minister said.
The government, once again, calls on the union to cancel its planned strike and try to resolve problems through dialogue, he said, adding he is willing to meet with KCTU leaders to help resolve pending issues...
A roof of a gymnasium at a resort in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, collapsed Monday night under the weight of snow, killing 10 people and injuring 105...(JoongAng Ilbo, 2.19)
But "heavy snow" wasn't the main cause! According to the S. Korean (bourgeois)media it was only the secondary cause. The primary cause was - as usual - the well-known fact that capitalism stops at nothing to achieve profit maximization!!
The resort, owned by Kolon Industries Inc.(a corporation already accused for massive labour right violations), is located at the top of Mount Dongdae at an altitude of 500 meters, according to police officials. The heavy snow atop the roof could have caused the collapse, following recent massive snowfalls across the country, officials said, adding that they are not ruling out whether the building was an unauthorized structure that had failed to meet safety standards. The gymnasium, also used as an auditorium, was a pre-engineered building assembled with rigid frames and side walls, the ministry official said. Buildings of this type are usually used for storage purposes...(Yonhap, 2.18)
Concerns have escalated over alleged fraudulent construction of the building and a lack of safety measures. Reports by officials and experts stated that the possibility was high that the building was poorly built in the first place and should have been used as a storage facility, not a gymnasium, judging from the materials it was made from...(K. Herald, 2.18)
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☞ Warning Signs Heralded Gyeongju Resort Tragedy (Chosun Ilbo, 2.19)
☞ Safety flaws suspected as cause of building collapse (K. Herald, 2.18)
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