NEWS
Left Blocks FTA Ratification Meeting
Chosun Ilbo
A meeting of the National Assembly's Unification, Foreign Affairs and
Trade Committee on Monday to review ratification of the Korea-U.S. free
trade agreement was thwarted by lawmakers from the Democratic Labor
Party.
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Petition to free the KoA leaders, Ju Jae Joon and Seok Woon Park
Please sign onto this petition by October 19. We want to let our Korean allies know that there is international support for their release.
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The Women's International News Gathering Service Covers the FTA
WINGS covers the recent Washington, D.C. People's Forum and the protests in Seattle.
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Breaking News from Seoul, Korea: Korean Leaders Against the Korea-US FTA Arrested
By Young Choe, Nodutdol
Last night, two leaders of the Executive Committee of the Korean
Alliance Against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KoA), Ju Jae Joon
and Seok Woon Park, were arrested at the Yongsan Station in Seoul.
They were part of the leadership that organized the mass protests
against the Korea-US FTA last November where over 100,000 people took
to the streets. In the wake of the protests, warrants were issued for
their arrest. They have been living at the Korean Confederation of
Trade Union office building in YeongDeungPo ever since, avoiding
contact with the police.
Starting last Wednesday, October 3, Mr. Joon and Park decided to risk
arrest and started to tour the country to prepare for the national
day of action against the Free Trade Agreements scheduled for
November 11, 2007. They started in Incheon and toured through Jinju,
Changwon, Kwangju, North Cholla province and South Choongchung. As
soon as they arrived in Seoul to participate in a preparatory
meeting, they were arrested and taken to Namdaemoon Police Station
where they contacted the Korean Alliance of Progressive Movements.
Korean Leaders Opposing FTA Freed!
On September 14, 2007, Mr. Jong-ryul Oh and Mr. Gwang-hoon Jung,
the two Co-Chairs of the Korean Alliance against the Korea-U.S.
Free Trade Agreement, were released on bail. They were arrested on
July 03, 2007 on charges of carrying out 'illegal' and 'non-permitted'
protests against the FTA.
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