Home / International / Weekly Review Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
S Koreans protest US beef imports
Adjust font size:

About 100,000 flag-waving South Koreans marched with candles in downtown Seoul in the biggest protest yet over the impending resumption of US beef imports Tuesday while police guarded the presidential office with a giant barricade.

Shouting, "Renegotiate"!, the demonstrators took part in Tuesday's candlelit protests. Some 20,000 riot police were being mobilized. The South Korea's largest candlelight rally was held in Seoul to pressure the Lee Myung-bak administration to renegotiate an agreement to open South Korea's market to US beef with almost no restrictions.



Protesters rally on a street leading to the US embassy and the presidential Blue House in central Seoul June 10, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The entire cabinet earlier offered to quit to take responsibility for weeks of turmoil over the deal, which opponents say exposes South Koreans to the risk of mad cow disease.

A presidential spokesman said no decision had been made yet about ministerial changes and the current cabinet would stay in office for the time.

Police went on the highest alert, erecting a giant barricade at the protest venue. The 5.5-meter high barricade, built with dozens of 4-ton containers, completely blocked the Gwanghwamun street adjacent to the US Embassy, just about one kilometer away from the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae.

1   2   3    


Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- How far will US beef issue ail S. Korean president?
- S. Korea cabinet offers resignation
Most Viewed >>
- Bhutan: Democracy wins over Monarchy
- Why US beef stir-fries South Korean politics
- UN chief to visit China
- Anti-Americanism at record-high
- EU-US summit declaration on Tibet opposed
> Korean Nuclear Talks
> Reconstruction of Iraq
> Middle East Peace Process
> Iran Nuclear Issue
> 6th SCO Summit Meeting
Links
- China Development Gateway
- Foreign Ministry
- Network of East Asian Think-Tanks
- China-EU Association
- China-Africa Business Council
- China Foreign Affairs University
- University of International Relations
- Institute of World Economics & Politics
- Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies
- Institute of West Asian & African Studies
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Institute of Japanese Studies