Chairman Lee Seok-haeng of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

Chairman Lee Seok-haeng of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (second from left with microphone) held a press conference after he visiting the warehouse fire site, Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Jan. 10. Lee caused a controversy when he told journalists, “If the Lee Myung-bak administration continues to ignore labor, we will stage a major strike.”