▲ Kim Man-jae, president of the Federation of Korean Metalworkers' Trade Unions and Lee In-sang, president of the Federation of Korean Public Trade Unions on January 5 agree to team up as the candidates for president and general secretary respectively for the coming leadership election of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU). (Jeong Ki-hoon)

Another group of running mates was formed by Kim Joo-young, president of the Federation of Korean Public Industry Trade Unions and Lee Sun-kyung, president of the Federation of Korean Rubber Workers' Unions as candidates for president and general secretary posts respectively.

The incumbent FKTU president Kim Dong-man is reportedly still contemplating his selection of a running mate for general secretary post.

The deadline for the candidates' registration is by January 6(Friday) and election date is January 24. The electoral college is composed of 3,115 union representatives of the FKTU affiliated unions and federations.

reported by Bae Hye-jeong
translated by Kim Sung-jin

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