The trade union of the metal workers kicked off a general strike on July 20 in the wake of its general strike of more than 130,000 union members demanding ban on the night work and repeal of part-time job system on July 13.

Earlier, the construction trade union and the Freight Workers' Solidarity under the south Korean transport workers' union went on the similar strikes.

The railway, airport, harbor and transport trade unions also refused to accept the authorities' demand for proxy transport in support of more than 300,000 unionists of the Solidarity which declared the general strike on an indefinite strike.

The financial union also manifested its will to launch a general strike.

All the participants in the strikes are crying out for a boost in pay, application of the 8-hour work system, repeal of part-time job system and the withdrawal of the layoff measures.

Such massive protests are an eruption of the wrath and grudge against the south Korean conservative ruling forces who exploit and oppress the working people while imposing the unemployment and poverty upon them by enforcing the unpopular economic policy.

According to data available, 2 114 workers were reported to have lost their lives and over 93 290 wounded in south Korea last year, due to labor accidents.

The part-timers in south Korea are constantly subject to discrimination no matter how hard they work and they are living fearful of the unemployment. This clearly shows the reactionary nature of the labor policy trumpeted by the south Korean puppet regime.

What is more serious is that the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors concluded without hesitation the "Free Trade Agreement" with the U.S. in the end, leaving the south Korean economy to the mercy of foreign forces, a sycophantic act of treachery of making the people's living harder.

It is quite natural to see the general strikes against the traitorous regime's unpopular rule.

The "Saenuri Party" is repeating what traitor Lee committed by deceiving the people and committing treacherous actions.

The south Korean people are unanimous in saying that the "economic democracy" and "people's happiness" trumpeted by the party of traitors are little different from the deceptive commitment made by the Lee group to "recover economy" that resulted in the bankruptcy of the economy, the deterioration of the people's livelihood, the social inequality and widened gap between the rich and the poor.