A container wall dividing people
June 14, 2008
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| Protests on July 10th |
It started with the police buses. During the last month, I have been watching the number of buses with barred windows growing every day, parking around the governmental buildings in downtown Seoul. Then, the groups of policemen started to appear. I first ran into them at a street corner in the late evening. About 20 policemen, all in their early 20s, sat in a square position prepared with shields.
Since I came to Seoul two month ago, the discontent with the newly elected president Myung-bak Lee has been growing. On June 10, the anniversary of the protests in 1987 that took the military dictatorship down, the protests that have been going on daily reached their peak. Ten thousands of people took to the streets to speak up against the president.
Read my article on Ohmynews.
Seoul. June 12, 2008.
