The Korean government repression that began on November 22nd is continuing to spread like a forest fire. However, the people’s struggle to block the KorUS FTA will not end here.

Tens of thousands of anti-globalization demonstrators confronted police in Seoul and other cities, protesting a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the United States.

Filipinos will just be getting crumbs for all the trouble and hardship that this agreement would entail. We urge the rural people to oppose JPEPA, launch campaign, education and action against the one-sided agreement. We call on our fellow farmers in Asia, especially in Japan, to help us campaign against this pact.

Thousands of South Korean workers demonstrated Saturday against a proposed free-trade agreement between their country and the United States.

Seúl, 24 nov (PL) La policía surcoreana proyecta prohibir nuevas demostraciones contra el planeado Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos, según anunció hoy el comisionado general de ese cuerpo, Lee Taek-soon

South Korea’s state prosecution said Thursday it will clamp down on farmers and activists who stage violent protests against a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.

Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held rallies and labor strikes Wednesday to oppose a free trade agreement with the United States and demand better working conditions.

The member organizations of Via Campesina in Africa, in Europe and in the Caribbean consider that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) are a new threat for the peasants and small farmers in the four regions. We ask a definitive stop in the negotiations and the opening of a period of debate and analyses on the impacts of free-trade on our national agricultures. Alternatives based on the right to food sovereignty exist.

Les organisations membres de Via Campesina en Afrique, en Europe et dans les Caraïbes considèrent que les Accords de Partenariat Economique (APE) entre l’Union Européenne (UE) et les pays Afrique-Caraïbes-Pacifique (ACP) sont une nouvelle menace pour les petits producteurs dans les quatre régions. Nous demandons le blocage définitif du processus de négociation et l’ouverture d’une période de débats et d’analyses des impacts du libre-échange sur les agricultures nationales. Des alternatives basées sur le droit à la souveraineté alimentaire existent.

An American delegation of peace, labor and social justice activists led by Cindy Sheehan is in Seoul to join the nationwide mobilization against the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated.

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) said that its members will launch a general strike tomorrow to pressure the government to halt free-trade talks with the US.

Seúl, 21 nov (PL) Cientos de miles de personas en Corea del Sur fueron convocadas hoy a manifestar su oposición al proyectado Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos en las calles de 13 ciudades del país

South Korean activist groups said Tuesday that nationwide mass rallies against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are scheduled for late Wednesday.

Not one single organization representing urban workers, rural workers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals and other popular sectors in Colombia supports the Free Trade Treaty with the United States.

The Social Summit for the People’s Integration, to be held in December in Cochabamba, will condemn Washington-encouraged free trade agreements, members of the organizing committee informed.

Cochabamba, Bolivia, 15 nov (PL) La Cumbre Social para la Integración de los Pueblos, a celebrarse en esta ciudad en diciembre próximo, condenará los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC) impulsados por Washington, aseguraron hoy miembros del comité organizador.

About 100 representatives from FTA Watch gathered in front of the Government House in Bangkok to submit a letter to PM Surayud Chulanont calling for a halt in all ongoing FTA negotiations and in signing the concluded ones.

Report of a workshop jointly organized by the Third World Network (TWN) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) on 6 September 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. The workshop was attended by more than 100 participants representing government ministries and agencies, policy makers, NGOs, civil society groups, academics, local industries, professional bodies, trade unions, farmers and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.

The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.