PDP Newspaper: Win Basic Labor Rights! Abolish the National Security Act! Deepening Survival Crisis Among Workers and the People The economic crisis and the collapse of people’s livelihoods are worsening. In October 2026, consumer prices rose by 2.8% year-on-year. Petroleum product prices increased by 14.9%, manufactured goods by 4.4%, dining-out prices by 2.9%, and processed food prices by 2.9%. The cost-of-living index also rose by 2.6%. As the prices of energy, food, and essential daily necessities continue to rise, the burden of making ends meet on workers and the people is growing heavier. In the second quarter, average monthly household interest expenses increased by 12.1% year-on-year, while the average propensity to consume fell by 1.2 percentage points. This is the reality in which people are forced to cut back on consumption because of the burden of debt and living expenses, even when their incomes increase. Instability in the labor market is also severe. As of August 2026, the number of non-regular workers stood at 8.671 million, accounting for 38.5% of all wage workers. This represented an increase of 103,000 from the previous year, with the number of fixed-term workers rising by 187,000 and that of part-time workers by 152,000. The average monthly wage of non-regular workers is a mere 2.112 million won (approx. $1550). Among non-regular workers, the national pension enrollment rate stands at just 36.5%, the health insurance enrollment rate at 53%, and the employment insurance enrollment rate at 54%. In a reality where four out of every ten workers are non-regular workers, low wages, employment insecurity, and exclusion from social insurance are becoming entrenched as structural problems that strangle the lives of workers and the people. https://wapnews.org/?p=14346

Let us rise up in an anti-imperialist and anti-fascist struggle and crush imperialism’s schemes for wars of aggression. First and foremost, the US troops, the root cause of a war in the ‘ROK,’ must be driven out. The US Forces Korea commander’s outrageous remarks about the “Dagger” confirm that, as long as US troops remain stationed here, the ‘ROK’s involvement in an East Asian war is inevitable. The Lee Jae-myung regime, a pro-US lackey regime that follows US imperialism and collaborates in its wars of aggression, must also be brought to an end as soon as possible. Having claimed that there would be no “deployment of troops to participate in a war,” it is now pushing to deploy forces to the Strait of Hormuz and has joined the NATO Summit in Ankara, presenting itself as the vanguard of an “Asian NATO.” This is the unmistakable conduct of a typical lackey of imperialism. It is hardly surprising that such a puppet regime of imperialism resorts to fascist acts of repression, just as the Yoon Suk-yeol pro-US fascist regime did, persecuting the progressive political party, the People’s Democracy Party, and carrying out search-and-seizure raids even against reformist media outlets. Anti-imperialism and anti-fascism are the banners of justice and victory. The struggle of the world’s peoples against imperialism and fascism is spreading like wildfire. Through an anti-imperialist and anti-fascist struggle, our people will break the chains of US imperialism and fascism and surely build a new society of independence, peace, and people’s democracy. November 7, 2026 In front of the US Embassy, Gwanhwamun, Seoul Spokesperson’s Office of the People’s Democracy Party (PDP) https://wapnews.org/?p=14317

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