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Riot police trample coed repeatedly in Seoul
2-Jun-2008 Seoul Times
South Korean police’s brutal suppression toward ever-growing anti-US beef demonstrations by its citizen became the key issue as the confrontation between police and protesters got more fierce.
US beef protest draws 100,000 S Koreans
31-May-2008 Guardian
"Not just the beef deal, but the Lee Myung-bak government’s policies are anti-working people and are not right," college student Ju Ha-na, who took part in a head-shaving ceremony in protest, said.
South Korea braces for rally against US beef
31-May-2008 MLive
Tens of thousands of South Koreans are rallying Saturday against a plan to import US beef in the largest protest in weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
The situation of protest about US beef import in S Korea is similar to that of June 1987
31-May-2008 Hankyoreh
Farmers, professors and veterans, and citizens protest the government’s announcement about U.S. beef import
People hit the streets to protest US beef imports
30-May-2008 Hankyoreh
As the government of South Korea notified the public that it will implement new import rules for US beef imports on May 29, civic organizations, labor groups and Internet users are strongly denouncing the move. They plan to take steps to block distribution and consumption of the American meat, while warning of a “nationwide, anti-government fight".
South Korean parties file suits to stop beef
30-May-2008 AFP
South Korea’s political opposition asked the Constitutional Court on Friday to block U.S. beef from entering the country after the government announced it would resume imports within days under an accord with Washington.
Protestors say no to EPA
30-May-2008 The Bahama Journal
As Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and members of his Cabinet walked across Rawson Square to the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning they were greeted by angry citizens protesting against the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
SKorean workers vow to stop US beef imports, police clamp down on protests
29-May-2008 AFP
South Korea’s labour unions on Wednesday vowed to block the planned release of US beef from cold storage this week, as protests sparked by mad cow fears intensified.
SKorean police detain 68 protesters over US beef rally
27-May-2008
Sixty-eight protesters have been detained after participating in street demonstrations against South Korea’s decision to resume imports of US beef, police said Monday.
Group fasts to highlight food crisis
25-May-2008 Courrier Journal
A handful of local residents will wrap up a three-day fast tomorrow to draw attention to the global food crisis, saying Americans need to re-evaluate the food policies supported by their government and international financial organizations. They say free-trade agreements and related policies have decimated local farming in the United States and around the world and have contributed to the current food shortage.
Farmers in massive protests against FTA with US
23-May-2008 Chosun Ilbo
Downtown Seoul saw massive demonstrations by farmers against the Korea-US free trade agreement and import of US beef on Thursday with some 8,000 farmers from 42 groups nationwide including the Hanwoo Association
People’s Summit: Linking Alternatives III declaration
21-May-2008 Radio Mundo Real
We reject the project of Association Agreements proposed by the European Union and backed by diverse Latin American and Caribbean governments which only aim to deepen and perpetuate the current system of domination which has caused so much harm to our peoples.
Venezuela proposes food crisis fund at controversial trans-Atlantic summit
21-May-2008 Venezuela Analysis
Of primary emphasis at the summit were the EU’s trade deals, termed “association accords,” with South America’s Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and the southern free trade block MERCOSUR.
Court Rules Fliers and Political Chants Do Not Make for a Cultural Event
10-May-2008
A court ruled on Friday that if fliers and large placards are involved or political slogans are chanted during an event, it cannot be seen purely as a “cultural event.”
Rally against US beef sweeps nation
9-May-2008 Korea Times
Tens of thousands of Koreans held another candlelit vigil Friday night, demanding the government scrap the agreement to import most US beef.
Activists Slam Trade Ministry Over EPAs
6-May-2008
Civil society organisations and the parliamentarians last week clashed with the trade ministry officials over the signing of an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) with the European Union.
S. Koreans protest over US beef safety
2-May-2008 Yonhap
Some 10,000 South Koreans gathered in Seoul late Friday to peacefully protest the government’s decision to resume US beef imports, despite outcry over the safety of the product once banned over concersn of mad cow disease.
S Korean workers rally against free trade pact
1-May-2008
Thousands of South Korean workers rallied Thursday against a planned free trade pact with the United States and the pro-market policies of new President Lee Myung-Bak.
Activists brave murky Manila Bay to rail vs JPEPA
29-Apr-2008 Inquirer
Fourteen activists, most of them fisherfolk, braved the murky waters of Manila Bay Monday morning, swimming 10 kilometers from Bacoor, Cavite to the Senate gates in Pasay City to protest the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) and what was then the proposed "conditional concurrence" of the trade pact.
Civil society groups call for establishment of Commission on Globalisation
23-Apr-2008
Civil society groups have called for the establishment of a new Commission on Globalisation and Development Strategies within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).