Song Chi-young, chairman of the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise, speaks to reporters Monday at the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business in Seoul’s Yeouido district about a planned small business rally. Photo by Asia Today
June 1 (Asia Today) -- South Korean small business owners plan to hold a large rally outside the National Assembly next week, calling for emergency support and a major shift in labor policy as they warn that many shops are being pushed to the brink.
Song Chi-young, chairman of the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise, said Monday that the country's 7.9 million small merchants are "hanging from the edge of the deepest and darkest cliff."
"We cannot hold out any longer," Song said during a visit to the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business in Seoul's Yeouido district.
The rally, scheduled for June 9 near National Assembly Station, will be hosted by a small business survival rights campaign group and organized by the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise. More than 3,000 small business owners from across the country are expected to attend.
