PHOTOS: Street vendors call for protection during rally
By Park Jong-hyeokPosted : June 4, 2024, 19:30Updated : June 4, 2024, 19:30
SEOUL, June 04 (AJU PRESS) - Unionized street vendors held a press conference in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on Tuesday.
They called for the enactment of a special law to protect their livelihoods and the dissolution of a police unit tasked with cracking down on them. Lawmakers from the leftist Progressive Party joined the event.
Street vendors from across the country plan to hold a large-scale rally in Yeouido on June 13.
Participants perform during a street vendors' news conference at Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Unionized street vendors hold a press conference in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
A participant holds a sign demanding the dissolution of a police unit tasked with cracking down on street vendors during a press conference in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Choi Young-chan, chairman of the Street Vendors' Union, delivers a speech during a press conference in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Yoon Jong-o, floor leader of the Progressive Party, delivers remarks during a street vendors' press conference in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
