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Today (10th) at around 4:30 pm in Jonggak, Jongno-gu, Seoul, a 4th anniversary cultural festival was held in memory of the late Kim Yong-gyun, who died in an accident at Taean Thermal Power Plant in Chungcheongnam-do.
After gathering at Jonggak today, the day before Kim Yong-gyun's death (December 11), five organizations, including the Kim Yong-gyun 4th Anniversary Memorial Committee, shouted, 'Don't die while working!
not to be discriminated against.”
Along with this, they demanded the punishment of those responsible for the death of Kim Yong-gyun, the full application of the Severe Disaster Punishment Act, and the securing of three labor rights through revision of the labor union law.
Afterwards, they plan to march toward the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts.
On December 11, 2018, Yong-gyun Kim lost his life in an accident where his body got caught in a conveyor belt for coal transportation while working as a non-regular worker belonging to Korea Power Generation Technology at Taean Thermal Power Plant in Wonbuk-myeon, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do.
About 150 people attended the on-site memorial service at the Taean Thermal Power Plant on the 6th, including Mr. Kim's mother, Kim Mi-sook, chairman of the Kim Yong-gyun Foundation, Jeong-mi Lee, representative of the Justice Party, and officials from labor and civic groups.
On this day, Chairman Kim Mi-sook said, "The reality of holding a memorial service on her son's birthday is astonishing." There is a bar.