Lee Myung Bak Termed Chieftain of Massacre of Ryongsan Evacuees Three Yrs Ago

Pyongyang, January 22 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Preparatory Committee for Memorial Service for the Ryongsan Tragedy condemned the puppet group of traitors for the massacre of Ryongsan evacuees. The Committee consists of more than 100 civic and public organizations.

They held a rally in the plaza of the Seoul Station on Jan. 19.

The speakers said though three years have passed since the tragedy, probe into the killing has not been made and the evacuees who fought for their rights to existence are still kept behind bars.

The present "government" forcibly evacuated residents without any measure, pursuant to its reckless devolopment policy, speakers charged, deploring it will bring the second and third Ryongsan Tragedy.

They strongly demanded the immediate release of the unjustly detained evacuees and the enactment of the "law on banning forcible evacuation" to prevent the Ryongsan tragedy from repeating itself.

Paek Ki Wan, chief of the Institute for Unification Studies, made a memorial address.

It is Lee Myung Bak who masterminded the massacre of Ryongsan evacuees, Paek said.

He called on people from different social strata to turn the memorial movement into a campaign for putting Lee Myung Bak behind bars this year. -0

S. Korea′s Repression of Trade Unions Flayed

S. Korea′s Repression of Trade Unions Flayed

Pyongyang, January 22 (KCNA) -- Organizations of various social standings of south Korea denounced the puppet authorities for fanning up the atmosphere of repression.

They held a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 20.

They included the Teachers Trade Unions, the Solidarity for Progress, the Confederation of Trade Unions.

In a press release they condemned the corrupt and incompetent present regime for kicking up the racket of suppressing the Teachers Trade Unions in the run up to the parliamentary election.

The authorities have charged the legitimate activities of teachers for the peace and the country's reunification as violation of the "National Security Law" and searched the houses of members of the Teachers Trade Unions, they said.

Since taking office the present regime has kicked up suppressive campaign whenever elections were ahead.

The fascist suppression through political coloring offensive will never browbeat the people, they stressed.

They called for staging dynamic actions to foil the conservative ruling forces' moves to suppress the trade unions. -0-

S. Korean Trade Unionists Vow to Turn out to Judge Regime

Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Members of the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) held a rally in Moran Park in south Yangju City, Kyonggi Province on January 3, declaring the launch of actions for judging traitorous regime.

Attending it were members of the general affairs bureau and sub-trade unions and regional headquarters under KCTU.

People's livelihood deteriorated under the Lee Myung Bak regime, the speakers deplored.

People's anger at the present regime has grown for the past four years, they said, vowing to deal a blow at the regime through intensified actions.

KCTU will take the lead to win general strike this year and judge unpopular regime, they vowed.