CINA

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Right now, but one year ago, we - dozens of migrant worker activists, our Korean supporters and MWTV staff(..me^^) - were sitting in a restaurant near Kyobo B/D, in the center of Seoul, after we finished two rallies/demonstrations.

The first event was, in the early afternoon, the MTU(Migrant Workers Trade Union) rally in Myeong-dong where hundreds of migrants, Korean workers and students protested against the ongoing policy of manhunt and mass-deportation by the S. Korean govt against migrant workers in general and against the kidnapping and imprisonment, in the month before, of Anwar Hossein("Anwar-wiweonjang"), the chairperson of MTU.

About two hours later or so we joined the anti-war rally in Daehak-no and the following demonstration to Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul, aimed on one side against the collaboration of S. Korean troops in the ongoing war in Iraq. On the other side the rally/demo should remember the death of the S. Korean citizen Kim Seon-il who was kidnapped and later beheaded by Al Qaeda in Iraq one year ago(2004). Ha, here one of our representative, who held the speech on the opening rally called Kim Seon-il a S. Korean "migrant worker" in Iraq...^^ Btw.. on this rally/demo, when I remember well, much more people participated as on the event what was held two days ago(6.24) in Seoul..

Actually both rallies/demos were the last of such events I was able to join in S. Korea..

And it was also the last time for me that I was sitting together with many of my comrades to have a kind of after-demo-"party".

uhuu.. it's very strange for me to remember.. I miss everything..

More pictures about both demos you can see here:

http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?pid=207

http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?pid=209

Here:

이주노동자 세상. 4회(2005.07.16) 

in MWTV 4th edition(in the first third of the entire broadcasting) you can watch some of my (video) shots I did during this events. But actually I wasn't able to edit the stuff/complete my planned documentary.. and so you see mainly stuff what I never wanted to use..