12.6 反한미FTA 투쟁 날

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Despite of the ban of all Anti-FTA demos..

Daehak-no, in the early afternoon: the beginning of all the events

Protestors Hold Anti-FTA Rally (K. Times)

Some 5,000 anti-globalization demonstrators held rallies to protest a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the United States at several locations in Seoul Wednesday.

Despite a police ban, the rallies were held by a coalition of civic groups opposing the FTA. They had staged anti-FTA demonstrations on Nov. 22 and 29.

As the previous rallies got violent with demonstrators clashing with police and causing damage and inconvenience to citizens, the police barred the coalition from staging the third demonstration at Seoul Plaza and Chongmyo Park.

Instead, the demonstrators joined another rally organized by the Democratic Labor Party at Maronie Park in Taehangno, central Seoul. The police allowed the rally because the party had originally applied for it to protest against the National Assembly's passage of the bill on non-regular workers.

Half of the car lanes were blocked-off by the participants. After the rally, they moved to several locations in downtown Seoul in groups, sporadically occupying streets at Tongdaemun, Chungmuro and Hoehyon Subway Station distributing leaflets about anti-FTA to citizens.

The police told the demonstrators to disperse by loudspeakers but did not use force.

Euljiro 3-ga in the early evening

They gathered again at Uljiro intersection and marched to Myongdong, causing a severe traffic jam during the evening rush hour.

The coalition's regional branches also held rallies nationwide, and the police mobilized almost 20,000 men at major rally sites. The police also blocked major tollgates on highways to prevent farmers and demonstrators from joining the Seoul rally...

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200612/kt2006120618024611990.htm

Myeong-dong, the final events..

12 are arrested, 20 injured in clash at anti-trade rally (JoongAng Ilbo)

20,000 gather for demonstrations in 10 Korean cities

Scoffing at a police ban, the Korea Alliance Against KorUS FTA held its third anti-trade demonstration of the season at Marronier Park in Daehangno yesterday afternoon. After the 40-minute rally, protesters wandered around the central district until about 8 p.m., snarling traffic during the evening rush hour.

Police said about 20,000 demonstrators were in the streets in 10 cities across the nation.

The park in Daehangno was to have been the site of a Democratic Labor Party demonstration protesting new laws on non-regular employees. But about 5,000 participants at the rally hoisted flags of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the Korean Peasants League and the Korean Street Vendors' Confederation, all members of the anti-trade alliance.

When the party's 90-minute gathering ended at 3:30 p.m., the banner hanging over the stage was quickly changed from "Evil laws on non-regular employees" to "Against the FTA between South Korea and the United States." Without missing a beat, the same participants launched into the new theme. Eleven leaders of the anti-trade group read a statement that said, in part, "It has become clear that the negotiations between South Korea and the United States for the past 10 months have been unfair to South Korea." They also called for an end to legal proceedings against group leaders facing charges stemming from violence-plagued Nov. 22 protests.

"Now you are staging an illegal rally. Please disperse," megaphone-wielding police told the demonstrators, but took no action to disperse them by force. Four of the six lanes of the street in front of the park were jammed with protesters, with the obvious effects on traffic. The protesters set fire to an effigy of an American, mad-cow-disease-infected head of cattle. The rally ended just before 4:30, and demonstrators trekked by subway to Namdaemun, Chungmuro, Dongdaemun and Jongno for smaller demonstrations.

About 5,100 demonstrators at three separate rallies in central Seoul converged on Euljiro and marched to Myeongdong, where police and protesters clashed; 12 protesters were arrested; 20 people, including police and protesters, were reportedly injured.
That rally ended at around 7:30 p.m.

Although more than 10,000 riot policemen were mobilized across the country to suppress the rallies, they avoided confrontations where they could.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200612/07/200612070053443509900090409041.html

Police counter anti-FTA protests (K. Herald)

Anti-FTA Rallies Go On Despite Ban (Dong-A Ilbo)

Reports in Korean, incl. many pics and some videos, you can check out here:

[총궐기 21:10] '연행자 석방' 요구 연좌시위 이어져 (Chamsesang)

"노동자.농민.양심세력 뭉쳤다. 이것이 우리의 희망" (VoP)

한미FTA 저지 범국본
서울 도심 곳곳서 기습시위 (OhmyNews)

Many more pics about y'day's events you can see here:

한미 FTA 저지 3차 범국민 궐기대회

[生生]3차 한미FTA 저지 범국민총궐기대회- 명동, 촛불집회

[FTA반대 3차 민중총궐기 또 원천봉쇄 속 게릴라 시위로 치뤄

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