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2016 Summer Olympics(8.05~21), as reported by the N. Korean media(KCNA/Rodong Sinmun)...
Source: KCNA(8.29)
NO COMMENT...
...except ONE question: where the 'DPRK Olympic Players Team' spend its "leisure time" in the last 7 days(i.e. WHERE THEY'VE BEEN between 8.21 and 8.28)??
Y'day(8.27) in Seongju County: In the afternoon at least 3000 citizens formed a 2,5km long human chain on the main "highway"...
...later in the evening about 4000 people joined a demo across Seongju('city')...
...followed by the 46th candlelight rally in front of Seongju county office to protest against the THAAD deployment(more detailed reports in Korean, incl. pics and video, you'll get here, here and here)...
"8.24 REBELLION" in GIMCHEON
At least 8,000 citizens gathered y'day afternoon(until the late night) at Gimcheon stadium, to protest(here you'll get an more detailed report in Korean) the decision(by the S.K. gov't) to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense(THAAD)system...
Related articles:
☞ Resistance to THAAD deployment spreading to alternative candidate site (Hankyoreh, 8.22)
☞ Anti-THAAD rallies in S. Korea spread on expected site move (Global Times, 8.25)
☞ N. Korea's SLBM test success may render THAAD useless (K. Times, 8.25)
Two days ago(8.21) Korea Herald reported that the "Residents of Seongju-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, on Sunday reached a consensus to request the Defense Ministry to consider an alternate spot other than the area's Seongsan-ri to locate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system..."
But, as you can see here...
...the residents reached NO "consensus"! Sunday(8.21) evening/night once again 1,500 people gathered in front of the Seongju county office to clarify their stance: "No THAAD deployment in S. Korea!"
Here you can follow the latest developments as reported by the S. Korean media:
☞ Seongju residents willing to consider alternate site for THAAD (Yonhap, 8.19)
☞ Residents fail to discuss alternative THAAD site (Korea Times, 8.20)
☞ Residents’ group to request alternate location for THAAD (K. Herald, 8.21)
☞ S. Korea to evaluate alternative site for THAAD deployment (Yonhap, 8.22)
☞ Resistance to THAAD deployment spreading to alternative candidate site (Hankyoreh, 8.22)
☞ Seongju chief okays Thaad, but not at Seongsan (JoongAng Ilbo, 8.23)
☞ THAAD stalemate deepening (Korea Times, 8.23)
PS. As you can see here...
...even in Seongju the resistance is still going on! Last night more than 1,200 residents gathered in front of the county office to held their 41st candlelight protest rally, but now under a new motto "THAAD deployment... Not HERE, Not THERE &NOWHERE ELSE!!"
To be continued...
Last Sunday(8.21) afternoon in central Seoul, Daegu and Busan: Migrant workers, most of them organized in the Migrant Workers' Trade Union(MTU, affiliated with KCTU), staged protest rallies to demand the following:
While in Seoul about 100 migrant workers joined the rally...
...in Daegu and Busan (unfortunately)only a couple of dozen supported the protests(here you'll get KCTU's photo report, depicting the rallies in Seoul, Daegu &Busan).
Last Friday(8.19) in Asan, Chungnam-do(province): Hundreds of KCTU/KMWU activists gathered in front of KB AutoTech(KBAT) factory, occupied since 27 days(as of today, 8.21) by KBAT union members. From the evening until yesterday(8.20) morning they staged a solidarity culture festival to support KBAT union's sit-in struggle, demanding "Stop the illegal lockout!", "No union busting anymore!" and predicting that "KBAT workers' struggle will be victorious!". Here're just some impressions, depicting the solidarity event...
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