Tag Archives: civil protest
They hammered ‘human fence’, kicked reporters out, and blocked lawyers … the zenith of institutionalized police violence in Jeju
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <Jeju Sori> on Mar. 19, 2012, reporting a horrific police suppression of peace activists who were trying to stop the transportation of detonators to blow up the Kurumbi rock in Jeju naval base construction site. The brutality revealed by the police […]
대한민국: 국가보안법을 빌미로 점증하는 인권운동가에 대한 탄압 SOUTH KOREA: Rising attacks on rights defenders under the National Security Act
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an announcement by Asia Human Rights Commission on Feb. 10, 2012, denouncing a series of Korean government’s effort to suppress human rights activists through legal actions under the notorious National Security Act. All rights regarding this post stay with Asia Human Rights Commission and this […]
She used to be an ‘Iraq human shield’ … a story of a Gangjung peace activist
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a reporter’s personal accord appeared in a special section of <OhmyNews> on Dec.28, 2011. The section, according to “the Editor’s note”, is for “Behind stories, hidden stories or episodes uncovered during article material collection to be scribbled in a free style”. And current article delivers a […]
“It will not end today. Let’s make 100,000 and retire MB”
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in the online media <Voice of People (VOP)> on December 10, 2011, covering the anti-KORUS FTA rally and political party speech assembly held at Cheonggye square, Seoul. The whole rally gets inflamed by the preposterous DDoS attack on the Central Election Management […]
Cho-Joong-Dong that exaggerated, even distorting the fact, attack on a police chief … why?
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in the progressive online media <Voice of People (VOP)> on November 30, 2011, covering the reporting behavior of mainstream conservative media about the case where a police chief was allegedly attacked by anti-KORUS FTA protesters on November 26, 2011. Through the cooperative […]
Police’s green strategy let ‘MB OUT, Void Ratification’ slogan resonate all over downtown Seoul
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in an online mediaon December 3, 2011, covering the nation-wide all-at-once people’s movement to denounce KOR-US FTA. Rights concerning this post stay with the authors of original article or withand this post will be scrapped immediately at their request accordingly. Original article […]
Kim Jin-suk, “One thing that saved me from feeling like suicidal was …”
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an interview (appeared in the daily newspaper <The Hankyoreh> on November 15, 2011) by Kim Jin-suk who came down from Hanjin Heavy Industry and Construction Youngdo shipyard crane 85 after 309-day long high place protest on November 14, 2011. This will relay especially important personal recollection of […]
Roars of twenty thousands rocked Gwanghwamun, “MB OUT, Void Ratification”
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a news article appeared in an online media <Voice of People> on November 26, 2011, reporting the anti-KOR-US FTA rally held in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, South Korea. All rights regarding this post stay with the author of original article or <Voice of People> and this post […]
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a news article appeared in the online media <OhmyNews> on November 23, reporting a rally protesting a shoddy passage of KOR-US FTA ratification consent bill at National Assembly the day before. All rights regarding this material stay with the author of original article or with […]
Citizens stood against water cannons until the end … voluntarily dispersed at Myung-dong
Disclaimer: The following is totally unauthoritative personal translation of a gallery of images reporting the citizens’ rally to request denunciation of KOR-US FTA ratified yesterday appeared in the online media <Voice of People> on Nov. 12, 2011. You would see how a peaceful citizen rally turns into a scene of horrible civil suffering from a […]
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