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1. It seems that last Thursday(12.30) the Seoul Metro. Gov't and the surviving victims of the Yongsan Massacre reached an "agreement", or rather a deal...

More background information about the "agreement" you can get here:
☞ Seoul..Gov't, Yongsan tragedy family members reach a deal (Hankyoreh)
☞ Yongsan fire dispute settled in a year (JoongAng Ilbo)

But as far as it's known... not everyone is really happy with the deal! For example Mun Jeong-hyeon, a well-known (for the ruling class a 'notorious') Christian resistance activist who supported the struggle in Yongsan almost from the beginning, is discontent with the terms of the deal reached. He said, “When your body is sick you go to a hospital, but when a society is sick people do not seem to care.” Father Mun added, “If you look at this site as an example where those who died have been treated so coldly for so long, it appears the state of our society is not such a bright one.” The Catholic priest Jeon Jong-hoon, too, said with some remorse about the deal that it was more important to secure fundamental changes in the "redevelopment" policy so incidents like in Yongsan would not repeat themselves.

Related article:
☞ Yongsan settlement fails to address redevelopment policy.. (Hankyoreh)

 
2. Between the "Christmas" days and New Year several cultural events took place in Yongsan. Comrade Hong Gil-dong's videos (MUST SEE!!) about the "Illegal Concert"(12.27) and the New Year's Eve celebration are giving good impressions about the events (impressive photos you can see here and here).

Here you can listen to an audio recording from last Thursday's Solidarity Street Concert in Yongsan (pics you can see here)!