[Photo] "Uiryeong County Council, Withdraw the Budget Cuts!"

Regional Construction Association Members and Some Residents Hold Protest Rally Chanting Slogans

[Photo by Sooeun Joo]

On the morning of the 11th, members of the local construction association and some residents, angered by the budget cuts by the Uiryeong County Council in Gyeongsangnam-do, held a protest in front of the Uiryeong County Council. Afterward, they marched through the city streets, starting from Uiryeong County Office and passing by Uibyeongtap, Seodong Community Welfare Center, Hyesung Sauna, Gyeongnam Bank, and Jungang Intersection, loudly chanting slogans such as "Uiryeong County Council, withdraw the budget cuts."

About 100 companies from the Uiryeong County branch of the Construction Machinery Business Association, the Uiryeong County Operating Committee of the Korea Specialty Contractors Association Gyeongnam Chapter, and some Uiryeong County residents participated in the protest.