"Concerns Over a Second Yongsan Tragedy" Democratic Party Forms 'Daewoo Shipbuilding TF'... Woo Won-sik Appointed as Head

Democratic Party's Second Yongsan Tragedy Feared
Daewoo Shipbuilding TF Formed
Headed by First Euljiro Committee Chairperson Rep. Woo Won-sik

Woo Won-sik, Member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The Democratic Party of Korea has formed a Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Response Task Force (TF). The TF leader will be Woo Won-sik, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea.

Cho Oh-seop, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, told reporters after a closed emergency meeting held at the National Assembly that "the current Yoon Seok-yeol administration is engaging in forced suppression preceded by public opinion manipulation and justification-building, similar to the Lee Myung-bak administration," and announced the formation of the 'DSME Response TF.'

Spokesperson Cho pointed out, "Under any circumstances, the safety of the people must be the top priority. However, during the Lee Myung-bak administration, forced suppression was carried out after building justification, with representative examples being the Yongsan tragedy and the Ssangyong Motor incident."

He explained, "In the case of the Yongsan tragedy, six citizens died and 24 were injured," adding, "Similarly, there are concerns that the current government might resort to forced suppression after prior public opinion manipulation in the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering strike situation, as was done during the Lee Myung-bak administration, which is why the response TF was formed."

Earlier, President Yoon Seok-yeol, while heading to the Yongsan Presidential Office building on the 19th, hinted at the deployment of public authority regarding the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering situation, saying, "Haven't both the people and the government waited long enough?"

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