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Just few days ago "Moon Sung-Hyun, leader of the DLP.. declared "If the government signs the FTA on March 30 despite popular objections, we will start a fight to topple the Roh Moo-hyun administration." (*) 
Moon also said "President Roh is acting like a dictator. Our history proves how dictators come to a miserable end, so we will certainly win the fight." (VoP, 3.30)

And what's happen now - eh~ what was happen y'day??

Nearly 6,000 hold rally to demand scrapping FTA with U.S. (Yonhap)
 
Thousands of South Koreans gathered in Seoul on Saturday, calling on the government to scrap the recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.

There were no reports of any violent clashes between the protesters and police as of 5 p.m., but the police warned bystanders to exercise caution.

Rally organizers had anticipated that over 6,000 people would attend the rally, but the exact count of participants was not yet available.

The police had banned the protest rally, citing violent outbursts at previous gatherings and hazards to traffic.

"Instead of blocking the anti-FTA rally in advance, the police decided to arrest (those responsible) if the rally gets out of hand," said a police official, asking for anonymity.

The protesters, mostly farmers and civic activists, began marching toward the Seoul city hall from Daehangno, a theater district in northern Seoul, shortly before 5 p.m., causing a major traffic jam in the downtown area...

This is the first major gathering against the South Korea-U.S. FTA since the trade pact was signed at the beginning of this week, after nearly 10 months of negotiations.

The police are also on alert because a 44-year-old farmer, suspected of shooting three neighbors with a rifle, has warned his relatives that he will commit suicide by setting himself on fire at Saturday's gathering.

The suspect, identified only by his surname Lee, allegedly shot three neighbors, killing one and critically wounding others, while quarreling over the free trade agreement on Tuesday, according to the police.

More (Korean) reports about y'day's demonstration:

☞ "한미FTA 타결은 무효다!" -서울 도심 한미FTA 무효 촉구 대집회 (P. Times)

☞ "제2의 87항쟁은 한미FTA 무효화" (Tong-il News)

☞ ..한미FTA 전면무효 범국민대회 "투쟁 끝나지 않았다" (VoP)

☞ 7일 오후 전국 동시다발 반FTA 범국민대회 (OhmyNews)

Related articles (mainly by the S.K. bourgeois media):

☞ Trade deal to cement Korea's security relations with the U.S. (K. Herald)

☞ FTA a boost to Korean economy

☞ Seoul drafts plans for FTA-damaged sectors

☞ A Day in the Life of Post-FTA (K. Times)

☞ Gov't documents reveal trade-off on textiles, GMC (Hankyoreh)

☞ Korea to Open FTA Talks With EU in May (K. Times)

* In spring 2004 hundreds of thousands of Koreans, actively supported by DLP, Da-hamkke, KCTU..,  tooks the streets to "fight" against the impeachment process against Roh Moo-hyun.

And today DLP etc want to smash the "new dictatorship".. but only with 6,000 people..(??)

Anyway.. Yesterday "marc" requested following: "Please write for Korean people about the necessity of street demonstration until the FTA ratification of Congress and about what you learnt from the past experience on the S.K.'s streets, especially about why the FTA issue is actually the problem of class struggle, rather than that of country-to-country."

Well, I'll try to do it as soon as possible (likely tomorrow)!!!!