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Today's Korea Times reported the following: An appeals court sentenced Han Sang-gyun, head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), to three years in jail and fines of 500,000 won ($430), Tuesday, cutting his five-year prison sentence imposed by a lower court...(more you can read here)

KCTU's (short)comment(via facebook): The court once again ruled base on a political motivation. The Seoul High Court sentenced 3 years' imprisonment and 500,000 KRW of fine against KCTU president Han Sang-gyun. It is still maintaining that all the measures taken by the police during the Mass Moblization og Nov 14, 2015 were legitimate, but a little "excessive". This ruling is still not in line with the principle of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly. Free Han Sang-gyun!!!!!(KCTU's press release in Korean you can read here)

Related reports in Korean you'll get here(by KMWU), here(by KHMU) and here(by VoP)...

Today’s(12.13 KST) appeal court ruling reducing the prison sentence of trade union leader Han Sang-gyun cannot mask the authorities’ intolerance of the right to peaceful assembly in South Korea, Amnesty International said...(more you can read here!)

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It has been exactly one year since the KCTU president was arrested. He is still in JAIL and today, on occasion of the Int'l Human Rights Day we demand once again his immediate release. High court will hand down its verdict and sentence on Dec 13(Tue.)... But it's Park Geun-hye(PGH), not Han Sang-gyun, who should be in jail!(source: KCTU, 12.10 via facebook)

KCTU's report in Korean, incl. some pics, about its "flash mob"[last Sat.(12.10) afternoon(KST) in central Seoul]...

...you'll get here.

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Last night(KST) Yonhap News reported: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans held a candlelight vigil in a celebrative mood on Saturday as parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a massive political scandal. Braving cold weather, protesters took to the streets demanding Park's imminent resignation for the seventh week, but this time, a more festive mood was felt as the National Assembly approved a motion to impeach Park a day earlier...(more you can read here)

Today's Hankyoreh wrote the following: The candles will never stop burning. The seventh candlelight rally that was held the day after the motion for President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment was passed was attended by 800,000 people in Seoul and 1.04 million people around South Korea. As of 8:30 pm on Dec. 10, the group organizing the demonstration (called the Emergency Public Campaign for the Resignation of President Park Geun-hye) estimated that 800,000 people had assembled in Seoul...(more you can read here)

Related articles in English:
☞ S. Koreans celebrate Park’s impeachment in rally (K. Herald, 12.11)
☞ Candlelight revolution mandates rebuilding of nation (K. Times,12.11)

Related articles in Korean:
☞ 탄핵 가결 이후 첫 촛불에 전국 100만... (KHMU, 12.11)
☞ '\박근혜 정권 끝장내는 날' 7차 촛불집회 (KCTU, 12.11)

PS. The above linked K.T. article "Candlelight revolution mandates..." was for the first time published y'day night(22:47KST) under the heading...

Some hours later(12.11. 20:00KST) the title(incl. the content) was changed for the first time: "Candlelight revolution mandates the destruction of the old system"...

And the latest, updated version... you already know: "Candlelight revolution mandates rebuilding of nation"...

That's why the "Candlelight revolution"...

...must lead to the "destruction of the old system"! That's the reason why we must try to establish a new kind of democracy, based & created by the PEOPLE!!

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