A farmer, 56, who is only identified by his surname, Kim, lies in the hospital after having set himself on fire on June 5, in protest against the US beef import agreement at Seoul City Hall Plaza.
A South Korean man, Lee Byong-Ryol, has died in hospital two weeks after setting himself ablaze in protest at a deal to resume US beef imports.
Korean public opinion wants a complete scrap of the April 18 beef deal with the US. The scale, intensity, and variety of participants in the street protests continue to grow. The mood is like a “Second June Struggle,” the June Struggle of 1987 having been a significant event in Korea’s democracy movement. However some say that the May struggle for nullification of Beef deal has a lot of significant signs that differ from 1987 democracy struggle. These actions are creating New democracy.
A South Korean man set himself on fire early Thursday morning following a candlelight rally in central Seoul against the resumption of US beef imports. Kim, a day laborer, is in critical condition with severe burns to his body.
Rally organizers claimed as many as 1 million people could turn out nationwide for a scheduled rally on Tuesday, when the country marks the anniversary of a 1987 democratic uprising that led the then military regime to grant free elections, prompting ensuing political reforms.
The “People’s Countermeasure Council against Full Resumption of Imports of US Beef Endangered with Mad Cow Disease,” an umbrella organization of Korean civic groups and cyber activists issued a statement on June 3 saying that the government "needs to decide for sure that it will fully and permanently prohibit the importation of beef [from US cattle over 30 months old], and demand that the US accept this.”
El movimiento indígena opositor de Ecuador anunció el martes que luchará contra el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) que negocian los países andinos con la Unión Europea (UE), alegando que se trata del mismo acuerdo neoliberal que se discutió en su momento con Estados Unidos
La propuesta que el ALBA le tiene al sector agrario y el movimiento campesino latinoamericano se basa en cuatro ejes fundamentales que giran en torno a la tierra, la soberanía alimentaria y la reforma agraria
El embajador estadounidense en Seúl, Alexander Vershibow, rechazó hoy renegociar el acuerdo para la apertura del mercado surcoreano a las importaciones de carne de vacuno procedente de EEUU, informó la agencia de noticias Yonhap
Seúl anunció el retraso de la entrada en vigor del acuerdo cárnico con Estados Unidos, en medio del crecimiento del descontento ciudadano con una administración que en 100 días de mandato redujo su popularidad a un 20%
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions calls on the Korean government to repeal the US beef deal, stop the violence of the riot police and respect people’s voices and rights.
En Corée du sud, le nouveau pouvoir est déstabilisé par un important mouvement de contestation contre l’importation de bœuf américain potentiellement contaminé par l’ESB, la "maladie de la vache folle". Depuis moins d’un mois, ce mouvement rassemble régulièrement dans la rue des dizaines de milliers de personnes et bénéficie du soutien de millions de sympathisants.
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.
Las importaciones de carne de res norteamericana han estado prohibidas en Corea del Sur desde el año 2003, cuando se detectó en EEUU la presencia del llamado mal de las vacas locas. Pero Washington ha dejado en claro que esa veda debe ser levantada si el gobierno surcoreano quiere que el Congreso estadounidense ratifique el Tratado de Libre Comercio firmado por ambos países a mediados de 2007.
"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.
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.
Farmers, professors and veterans, and citizens protest the government’s announcement about U.S. beef import
"Renegociación del TLCAN y de los Acuerdos de Agricultura de la Organización Mundial de Comercio para dejar a salvo nuestros derechos a la soberanía alimentaria"
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 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.