Press reports revealed recently that the [So. Korean government] has set into motion an investigation into Daewoo International Co. on the charge of exporting defense industry materials to the military dictatorship of Burma. We, civil organizations and trade unions acting for democracy and human rights in Burma, express our shock and deep concern over the news. If Daewoo’s exporting happens to be true, we can hardly conceal our shame regarding Daewoo's unscrupulous and immoral act... Since exporting strategic materials to Burma can aid the survival of the military dictatorship and thus aggravate the human rights abuses upon the Burmese people, this suspicion over Daewoo International should be given a full accounting. [also refers to Total, Unocal (now part of Chevron)]