Title: Dear Comrades

Dear Friends,

This is Daewoo Joinst Struggle Headquarters. We send you this newsletter out of a sense of urgency. The workers at Daewoo Motors have been on strike against the lay-offs of 1750 workers since the 16th of February.

The Kim Dae-jung government has brutally repressed the workers, sending in riot police to break up the strike at the factory. Workers, students, and social movement activists have been engaged in an all-out battle against the Kim Dae-jung Government ever since, resulting in the
arrest of dozens and the injury of hundreds. Bu-pyung area, which is near the Daewoo Motor's Factory in Korea, recently is like a place under martial law!!!

Today, also thousands of policemen were sent and completely blockaded around the factory very forcibly and violently. Even they did violence to lots of babies, children and wives who are struggling with their fathers and husbands on the spot, who were fired from Daewoo Motor.

But, in this fatal situation, President Kim Dae-jung now is trips to the United States(March 6th - March 11th). He has tried to oppress these people's struggle by using only riot policemen's violence. Also, he ignored Daewoo people's pain and went to United States.

The people of Korea need your solidarity to overcome this attack by the Kim Dae-jung Government. Send your messages of support to the workers at Daewoo. Send your messages of
protest to the Korean Kim Dae-jung Government and police.
And Could you mind organizing actions at Korea Embassies in the world. Especially, President Kim Dae-jung is now in Washington.(He will be there, Washington, till March 11th.) So, if people in United States make an solidarity action in there to censure the Kim Dae-jung Govenment's oppressing Daewoo laborers in Korea, it will be the real international Solidarity and we will appreciate very much. Thank You.

An injury to one is an injury to all!