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72시간촛불투쟁 #2


Well, I think that the organizers of the 72-HOURS-PROTEST(Marathon) must be complete satisfied: On the first day/night of the protest, from Thursday to Friday, about 100,000 people, according to "independent" voices, such as KCTU, VoP or Tong-il News (of course they're not really independent, because they're parts of the movement!) joined the rallies and demonstrations in downtown Seoul. From Friday to Saturday the masses who took/occupied the streets there increased to 200,000 people. And from y'day until today again 200,000 people participated..



Today's Korea Herald published a kind of summary about the last three days of protest in Seoul:


About 50 citizens and police officers were injured Saturday night during the peak of a 72-hour protest in Seoul against U.S. beef imports.


Organized by a coalition of about 1,500 civic groups, tens of thousands of people marched with candles in the city center, demanding that the government renegotiate its beef deal.


The three-day rally began on Friday.. and ended early Sunday.


The protest turned violent on Saturday night as police tried to block citizens from marching toward Cheong Wa Dae. Some demonstrators smashed a police bus with steel pipes and hammers. Riot police were seen hitting protesters on the ground with their shields.


About 20 protesters and 30 policemen were hurt, according to both sides. No serous injuries were reported.


Police said some 40,000 people began the street march around 8:26 p.m. on Saturday after a rally in front of City Hall, and another 4,000 joined by 10 p.m.


The organizing group, whose name roughly translates to "the people's council for countermeasures against mad cow disease," said the number of participants grew from 120,000 to 200,000 as the march continued.


The demonstrators marched from Seoul Plaza (in front of City Hall) to Namdaemun, Myeongdong and Jongno. Some marchers got into a scuffle with riot police on their way to Cheong Wa Dae.


About a dozen people suffered facial and head injuries in the clashes, and 11 who were suspected of attacking police were taken into custody for questioning, according to the police.


Some 8,800 protesters confronted thousands of police at the Gwanghwamun intersection near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, with many spraying fire extinguishers or hurling plastic water bottles. Some shook or climbed on top of police buses or tore the wire mesh protecting the bus windows. They demanded that President Lee Myung-bak come out to listen to them.


About 15,000 riot police were put into force downtown to block the protesters heading towards the presidential office.


Rows of riot police buses blocked the streets of Gwanghwamun yesterday, limiting traffic on Sejongno, the city's main thoroughfare.


The police said that, as of Saturday, 548 people were detained and 56 of them were charged with breaking the law.


Among the participants in the candlelight vigils were families who enjoyed daytime picnics at Seoul Plaza and university students who had returned after being part of the rallies the night before.


The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (??? - possibly they mean the KCTU..), the nation's second- largest umbrella labor group, along with dozens of university student associations and one of the nation's leading literary groups, have been involved in the vigils.


There have been daily demonstrations since May 24, following more peaceful candlelight vigils held in downtown Seoul since Korea and the United States agreed on new import rules for U.S. beef on April 18.


Internet comments on news articles, along with online discussion sites, have spurred the explosive increase in the number of protesters, with young students to middle-aged people joining the anti-government furor.


"The beef import issue simply pulled the trigger," said Lee Dong-ho, who works at a local company. "There are so many problematic policies, such as the cross-country canal project and privatization of public companies. I can no longer trust what the president says because he lacks basic morals."... (*)

 

Sejong-no, 5:35 a.m.(6.08)

 

Taepyeong-no/Sejong-no, 12:15 p.m.(6.08)


Related articles, reports, pictures..:

[6.08] KCTU Report

[6.07] KCTU Report

[6.06/07] KCTU Report

또 20만, 6.10 백만 인파 '꿈틀' (Tong-il News, 6.08)

[6.08] CNN Int'l TV Report

Impressions(photos) of the Protest (노동의소리, 6.07)



Following contribution, especially the comments, may be somehow interesting:

Candlelight Protests. Mob Violence or Genuine Protest? (Marmot's Hole, 6.08)



* Tomorrow I'll write here my opinion about it..



 

 

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