Cordial gesture
![Wearing a hard hat, Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik, second from left, shakes hands with Kim Hyung-soo, regional head of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union of shipbuilding subcontractors, at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, on Tuesday. The government requested that the union ends its strike, and President Yoon Suk-yeol on the same day told reporters that the Korean people have waited long enough. The losses generated from the ongoing strike, which reached its 47th day Tuesday, is estimated at 570 billion won ($435 million). [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/07/19/c05cdae9-307b-49f7-8565-8189a27a2372.jpg)
Wearing a hard hat, Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik, second from left, shakes hands with Kim Hyung-soo, regional head of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union of shipbuilding subcontractors, at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, on Tuesday. The government requested that the union ends its strike, and President Yoon Suk-yeol on the same day told reporters that the Korean people have waited long enough. The losses generated from the ongoing strike, which reached its 47th day Tuesday, is estimated at 570 billion won ($435 million). [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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