Photos Fwd: Protest against visit of South Korean President LEE in Berlin/Germany

* Photos and captions by Benjamin Hiller, forwarded on May 9, 2011

'Protest against visit of South Korean President LEE in Berlin/Germany (Demotix)
This is just in:

http://www.demotix.com/news/685110/protest-against-visit-president-lee-south-korea-germany '
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Protesters in front of the Palace Bellevue where President LEE Myung-Bak arrived.


A female protester holds a painting with the face of President LEE Myung-Bak and the slogan "He always lies". In the background is the Bellevue Palace where LEE Myung-Bak arrived.

Protesters hold signs with slogans against the nuclear power policy of South Korea as well as against the "Four River Dam" project.
A sign which shows the current (yellow) and planned (red) nuclear power plants in South Korea. Almost all are situated near the coast line.
Protesters hold a banner in front of the Palace Bellevue with slogans against the nuclear power policy of South Korea as well as against the "Four River Dam" project.

Photos Fwd: Pan-Korean people’s rally for the Lee Myung-Bak regime’s OUT and for the people’s right to live 이명박 정권 퇴진 민중생존권 쟁취 전국민중대회 열려

Pan Korean People’s Rally:
Lee Myung-Bak OUT!

No War! Convert the Hyundae irregular jobs to regular jobs!
No ROK-US FTA! No Four River Project!
Seoul Square/ 3pm, Dec. 18, 2010

The leaflet(front) of the rally, Dec. 18 (scanned)
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The leaflet(back) of the rally, Dec. 18 (scanned)
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* Related blogs 관련 블로그들

Friday, December 17, 2010
Photo Fwd: The new-elected chairpersons of the pan-Korean university student body announce ‘ No war-statement regarding the state of affairs

Friday, December 17, 2010
Text Fwd: S. Korea to stage live-fire drill on border island shelled by N. Korea

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Poster Fwd: Pan-Korean People's Rally on Dec. 18
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* Photo credits if the below two: Kim Do-Yeon, News Cham, Dec. 18, 2010 김도연, 뉴스 참, 2010년 12월 18일

Pan-Korean people’s rally for the Lee Myung-Bak regime’s OUT and for the people’s right to live,
3pm, Seoul Square

* A sign reads:

Jeong Mong-Goo, President of the Hyundae Automobile Co.,
Stop a raging wind of oppression on labor union!

(The spark for people's liberation-The 53rd student body of the Seoul University (Preparatory)

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* Photo credits if the below seven: Yang Ji –Woong, Voice of People, Dec. 18, 2010 양지웅, 민중의 소리

* A sign reads: Peace to the Yeonpyeong-do! Routine life to its residents! (SPARK)

The two signs read:

Does the Lee Myung-Bak government want war?(SPARK)
Peace can never be brought by the Yeonpyong-do fire drill!(SPARK)

The red signs read:
Lee Myung-Bak government OUT!

Kim Young-Hoon, The Chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions speaks

The yellow signs read:
Let's win the people's right to live!

Lets' hold the candles of vision again!

The green sign reads:
Let's make the West Sea (Yellow Sea) into the Sea of Peace!(SPARK)

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* Video source: Kim Joon-Chul, Voice of People, Dec. 17, 2010, 김준철, 민중의 소리
많은 의혹 품은 연평도 훈련 중단하라!
Stop the Yeonpyeong-do drill of many suspicions!



민주노동당과 평화와통일을여는사람들, 한국진보연대 등 시민사회단체는 17일 국방부 앞에서 기자회견을 열고 18일 부터 21일 사이에 재개하는 '연평도 사격훈련을 철회할 것을 촉구했다.

The civic organizations such as the Democratic Labor Party, the Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea, Korean Alliance of Progressive Movements, having the press interview on front of the Ministry of National Defense on Dec. 17, 2010, demanded to stop the Yeonpyeong-do fire drill which that been resumed between Dec. 18 to 21. 2010.
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국문: 한국 단체들 논평 및 성명서

1. [제 단체 12월 17일 공동 성명서] 전쟁위기 조장하는 연평도 사격훈련 즉각 철회하라

발제:

합동참모본부는 18일부터 21일 사이에 재개하기로 발표한 연평도 사격훈련 계획을 즉각 철회해야 한다.

우리는 이명박 정부가 국회 날치기로 분노하고 있는 국민들의 민심을 희석시키기 위해 의도적이고 계획적으로 연평도 사격훈련을 재개하려는 것으로 밖에 볼 수 없다. 서해발 전쟁공포로 온나라가 혼란한 틈을 타 국회에서 예산안 날치기를 강행하더니, 국민의 거센 비난으로 국정 전반이 위기에 몰리자 결국 또다시 안보장사로 위기를 모면하려는 것이 아닌가?

* 전문은 링크1, 또는 링크 2, 또는 링크 3 클릭
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2. [정욱식, 2010. 12. 17] 누구를 위한, 무엇을 위한 연평도 훈련인가

발제:

여기서 주목되는 것은 미국의 태도 변화이다. 미국은 북한의 연평도 포격 이후 여러 차례에 걸쳐 남한에게 연평도 사격훈련 자제를 요청한 것으로 알려졌다. 그러나 이번에는 주한미군까지 투입해 남한을 지원하기로 했다. 1차적으로는 강력한 한미동맹과 북한의 도발 의지를 꺾겠다는 ‘불굴의 의지’를 과시하기 위한 목적으로 보인다.

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연평도 피격 직후 뉴욕타임즈는 사설을 통해 북한의 공격을 강력히 규탄하면서도, “우리는 남한 대통령이 누가 그 아이디어(북한 인근 수역에서 사격훈련)를 고안했는지 물어보기를 희망한다”며 남한의 사격훈련 실시에 안타까움을 나타냈다. 대북 규탄에 동참한 러시아 정부 역시 남한의 사격훈련 실시가 북한의 과잉대응을 촉발한 원인 가운데 하나라는 입장을 밝힌 바 있다.

* 전문은 여기 클릭

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3. [범민련 남측 본부, 2010년 12월 18일 논평] 자위권, 평시훈련, 정전협정준수는 기만

발제:

군 사적으로 민감한 연평도 인근에서 ‘평시훈련’조차 있어서도 안 될 뿐 아니라 지금의 ‘해상 사격훈련’은 미국과 이명박이 천안함사건 조작과 모략의 연장선상에서 올해 하반기 내내 북침 전쟁연습을 전개하겠다고 공언한 ‘전쟁국면’ 상태에서 벌이는 명백한 ‘전시훈련’이다. 특히 ‘해상 사격훈련이 정전협정을 준수하는 가운데 정당하게 실시된다’며 계속 정전협정과 관련한 궤변을 늘어놓고 있는 바, 정전협정은 “최후적인 평화적 해결이 달성될 때까지 조선에서의 적대행위와 일체 무장행동의 완전한 정지를 보장하는 정전”협정이다.

* 전문은 여기 클릭

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4. [12. 17 제 단체 공동 성명서] 아프가니스탄 한국인 노동자 피랍사건 : 더 큰 무장 갈등과 재앙을 낳기 전에 철군하라

발제

지난 13일 아프가니스탄 북부 사마간주의 한 도로건설 현장에서 한국인 노동자 2명이 탈레반으로 추정되는 무장저항세력에 피랍됐다가 총격전 끝에 풀려나는 끔찍한 일이 발생했다. 당시 건설 현장을 호위하던 아프가니스탄 경찰 2명도 함께 피랍됐다가 풀려났다. 우리는 이명박 정부가 “다시는 파병하지 않겠다”던 약속을 번복하고 아프가니스탄에 재파병을 강행한다면 파병 군인들과 국민들이 공격의 표적이 될 것이라고 경고해 왔다. 이번 피랍 사건은 우려가 또다시 현실로 드러난 것으로, 더 큰 재앙을 낳기 전에 파병된 한국군은 즉각 철군해야 한다.

* 전문은 여기1 또는 여기 2 클릭

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5. [사회 진보 연대, 2010년 12월 15일] 이주노조 위원장 탄압 중단하고 이주노동자 결사의 자유 보장하라: 세계 이주민의 날을 맞이하며

발제:

이번 12월 18일은 11번째를 맞이하는 세계 이주민의 날이다. 2000년 12월에 시작된 세계 이주민의 날은 1990년 12월 18일에 UN 총회에서 ‘모든 이주노동자와 그 가족의 권리 보호에 관한 국제협약(이하 이주노동자협약)’이 채택된 것을 기념하는 날이다. 전 세계에서 이주노동자와 그 지지자들은 이 날을 통해 이주민에 대해 차별적이고 억압적인 정책, 노동조건, 사회 관습의 변화를 요구하고 국가가 존중해야 하는 최저 기본 기준을 설정한 이주노동자협약을 비준할 것을 정부에 촉구한다.

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Poster Fwd: Pan-Korean People's Rally on Dec. 18

*Image source: Korean Alliance of Progressive Movements; Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification, South Korean branch; and many other Korean organization sites

Pan Korean People’s Rally:
Lee Myung-Bak OUT!

No War! Convert the Hyundae irregular jobs to regular jobs!
No ROK-US FTA! No Four River Project!
Seoul Square/ 3pm, Dec. 18, 2010

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Text Fwd: Opposition Politicians' Street Protests Against Government's Railroading of Budgets and Bills on at Seoul Plaza

* Image source: same as the link
Photo by Kim Jung-geun (Dec 13, 2010)

The Kyunghyang Sinmun
Opposition Politicians' Street Protests Against Government's Railroading of Budgets and Bills on at Seoul Plaza
Posted on : 2010-12-13

'Pan-National Counter-measure Committee To Deter Four-River Project', which consists of four opposition parties such as Democratic Party, Democratic Labor Party, Advance New Party, National Participation Party, and 380 civic and social groups, holds a political party and civic group joint resolution convention to protest against Lee Myung-bak's dictatorial handling of railroading next year's national budget bills.

Railroading of next year's budget and other bills by the government and ruling party, while omitting budget for ordinary people and social welfare, provokes widespread after-shocks.
Go Heung-gil, Chairman of Policy Committee of Hannara Party, resigned from his party position taking responsibility for omitting the budget items. Opposition parties criticized this act as "tail-cutting" and demanded apology from President Lee Myung-bak and resignation of Park Hee-tae, Chairman of the National Assembly.

As a result, the confrontations between ruling and opposition parties intensified, while criticisms and anger among the civic society spread widely.

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Hankyoreh
Public disapproves of GNP’s budget railroading, survey shows The public also said the ruling party bore a greater share of the blame for the parliamentary violence Dec. 13, 2010

Text Fwd: GNP railroads bills for budget, troop deployment and corporatizing universities 국회, 군대 배치와 대학 기업화 법안 통과시킴

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Grand National Party (GNP) Lawmaker Jeong Eui-hwa, vice speaker of the National Assembly, stands surrounded by GNP lawmakers and Assembly guards just before banging a gavel to declare the passage of the 2011 budget. (Photo by Tak Ki-hyoung)　

Hankyoreh　　
GNP railroads bills for budget, troop deployment and corporatizing universities : Observers say the GNP acted according to the wishes of President Lee
By Song Ho-jin
Dec. 9, 2010

The ruling Grand National Party convened a plenary session of the National Assembly to railroad through the 309.1 trillion Won ($271 billion) budget for 2010 on Wednesday, with opposition party members forcibly removed from their position around the speaker’s seat by the ruling party. Following an intense brawl with opposition party officials and aides blocking the entry to the parliamentary hall that afternoon, the Grand National Party (GNP) broke through and railroaded the budget.

The party also railroaded other controversial legislation after requesting that Speaker Park Hee-tae exercise his authority to present it before the assembly. This included a motion to deploy soldiers to the United Arab Emirates, an agreement connected to South Korea securing a nuclear power plant contract; a special law on the use of hydrophilic zones, which has been criticized as offering preferential treatment to the Korea Water Resources Corporation as a reward for taking on construction for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project; and a law on the establishment and operation of Seoul National University, the “SNU corporatization law” that critics worry will compromise the public nature of a national university.

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See also

Kyunghyang
The Lee Myung-bak Government Does Not Fear The People
Posted on : 2010-12-09

Text Fwd: Lawmakers clash over 2011 budget 한국 국회 의원들, 20111년 예산으로 충돌

* Image and source: same as the link

'Opposition party lawmakers wage an intense battle with Grand National Party lawmakers as they occupy the chairman’s seat to block the 2011 budget at the National Assembly Dec. 7. (National Assembly photo pool)'

Hankyoreh
[News Briefing]
Lawmakers clash over 2011 budget

Lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday clashed physically over next year’s national budget plan and related bills as the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) attempted to railroad them on the night.

Some 40 lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) occupied the chairman’s seat and podium at the main National Assembly hall late at night to block the GNP lawmakers from entering parliamentary meetings. Lawmakers from opposition parties also waged a sit-in at the main lobby of the National Assembly.

Prior to this, GNP lawmakers unilaterally opened the Land and Maritime Affairs Committee meeting and submitted 92 bills, including ones aimed to speed up the Lee Myung-bak administration’s controversial Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, inside a closed-door conference room.

The GNP will put the budget bill to voting in the plenary session till Thusday when the current session ends. But the DP has threatened to employ physical means to block its passage, demanding an extraordinary parliamentary session be held.

Photos Fwd: Some voices of the G20 protest, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 11/ 11월 11일 G20 반대 시위의 목소리들

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* Summary of the contents and details of program, anti G20 protest, Nov. 11, 2010
* Yonhap News article after the rally, Nov. 11, 2010
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* Related blogs

[In Update] People’s Response Action against G-20
[엎데이트중] G20대응민중행동

Photos Fwd:[Benjamin Hiller] G20 Seoul, Nov. 11: 10.000 rally against G20 Summit. Only minor scuffles.
[사진: 벤자민 힐러] 2010년 11월11일 서울 G20 시위: G20 정상들에 반대해 1만여명 집회. 작은 난투뿐.

Photos Fwd:[Jeffrey Bright] G20 Protests Seoul, Nov. 11, 2010
[사진: 제프리 브라이트] 서울, 2010년 11월11일, G20 시위
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1. Stop the war and dispatch_Anti-War Peace Solidarity

Stop the plan to dispatch special warfare force to the UAE!
Not war and arms cost but jobs and welfare!
Stop the occupation of Afghanistan!/ South Korean troops, withdraw from Afghanistan!

Veterans for Peace and All Together members distribute the fliers on no-dispatch troops to the UAE and withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Flier front
Not war and arms cost but jobs and welfare!(* title translation)
Anti-War Peace Solidarity

Flier back
G20 summit meeting is the festival by the nations
cooperating in occupation and and massacre! (*title translation)
All the occupation forces and ROK troops should withdraw from Afghanistan!

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2. International voices: No G20!

A representative from the international association of the wood workers speaks

A representative from Canada who went through G20 last time talks on solidarity

A representative from France who will go through G20 next time opposes G20

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3. Some voices that have to be told as well

Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea members
No ROK-US alliance! No US troops in Korea! No FTA!

No Four River Project!

Street vendors are angry!
'Stop the crackdown on the street vendors with the pretext of G20!'

Valeo Korea, withdraw from fake closing-business and lay-off of all the workers!

KEC, metal union workers in Koomee will make victory over oppression

Hanjin Heavy Industry workers are angry at their company managers who, ignoring the agreement between them and company, attempt to make them pay for company crisis.

Go away, G20!

Do not make people pay for their crisis!
No G20!

False G for those G20, True G for all the people on the globe.

Confiscate and nationalize all the banks, financial institutes and monopoly capital!
The spirit of Jeon Tae-Il still lives all these 40years!

Video Fwd: No Four River Project 4대강 반대 비디오

* Informed at the Pyeongtaek Peace Center, Oct. 19, 2010 평택 평화 센터, 2010년 10월 19일

Production by People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD) 제작: 참여 연대



* For the contents of the struggle against the four river project, click HERE

Text Fwd: Troop mobilization for river project rapped 4대강 사업에 군대 동원, 비난 받음

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* 내용과 관련, 참여 연대의 10월 12일 반박 성명은 여기를 클릭
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Korea Times
10-15-2010
Troop mobilization for river project rapped
By Jung Sung-ki

Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) criticized the Ministry of National Defense Friday for deploying troops to help a controversial state project.

In a parliamentary inspection, Rep. Park Jie-won, floor leader of the DP, said the troop mobilization for the so-called four-river restoration project is against the law.

The legislator claimed soldiers could be deployed for disaster relief or other missions to protect the people and preserve the national interest, but not for a controversial project meeting public opposition.

“The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs has said that the mobilization of the Cheonggang unit saved one billion won in cost, but one billion won is just 0.044 percent of the 22 trillion won allocated for the project. Is that savings justify the soldiers being relocated for non-essential work?
Park asked.

Park called for deactivating the involved unit, dubbed Cheonggang.

Defense Minister Kim Tae-young rebutted the claim.

“Engineering troops are occasionally deployed for public works if the government makes an official request,” Kim said. “I think that (river project) is indeed similar to relief works in some sense.”

The four-river restoration project is a key policy of the Lee Myung-bak administration. Its goal is to secure water resources to mitigate water scarcity, improve water quality and encourage regional development centered on rivers.

But the plan has met strong opposition, as opposition parties claim the project could destroy the current ecosystems surrounding the four rivers.
They also said the plan was only an alternate to the Grand Canal project pursued by the President earlier.

President Lee decided not to go ahead with the project due to the public’s fierce opposition.

DP legislators also demanded that Defense Minister Kim resign to take responsibility for the sinking of the Cheonan ship. Kim responded that he thoroughly feels responsibility for the sinking of the ship and the death of 46 South Korean sailors and that he will not obsess to stay in office.

A multinational team of investigators determined that the ship was sunk by a torpedo fired from a North Korea submarine. Forty-six sailors were killed in the incident.

gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr

Photos Fwd: Rally on 'No Four River Project' on Sept. 11, 2010 2010년 9월 11일 4대강 반대 집회

* All the image sources 이미지 소스: Son Go-Young, Redian 손 기영, 레디앙




* For more images, click here: Ryu Sung-Ho, Ohmynews

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* For the articles on the Four River Project, click HERE