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Category Archives: Mad Cows
J Scott Burgeson, aka Scott Bug, aka King Baeksu, has been monitoring the protests in Seoul pretty much nightly since they started. He's been filing some detailed and extended eyewitness accounts over on his bulletin board.
A week or so ago Amnesty International called for the "excessive force" used by South Korean police "against peaceful protestors" to be "investigated thoroughly". A couple of other human rights organisations joined Amnesty's ranks this week.
Burgeson's firsthand accounts suggest that Amnesty have got it the wrong way round.
As Burgeson asks: when will the madness end?
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Candle-lit vigil in central London
08-Jun-08
It is the weekend when Korean culture is on display in Central London: today sees the Dano Korea Summer Festival, with traditional dancing, food, fan-making and more contemporary music in Trafalgar Square. Last night another traditional Korean activity was on show - the street protest.
An estimated 250 Koreans gathered in Whitehall opposite Downing Street to protest about the President Lee's beef deal with the US. There were speeches and communal signing. Korean TV and press were there. And, in a nod to the 72-hour candle-lit protest in the streets of Seoul earlier this month, the protestors held up paper candles.
There was an ominous moment when three policemen armed with automatic weapons approached the protestors from behind - but they were ...
Mad Cows: President Lee’s apology
24-May-08
The following is the full text of President Lee Myung-bak's statement in a live TV broadcast at Cheong Wa Dae on 22 May to address the resumption of U.S. beef imports and ratification of the Korea-U.S. FTA. Courtesy of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOIS). For those who haven't been following the Mad Cow debate, I'll be adding a series of links at the bottom of this post in due course.
It has been almost three months since I was inaugurated as President. During that period, I have been working hard to live up to the aspirations of the entire Korean people with the idea that, "The economy must be revived without fail." I have been striving all along with ...


