Up to 100,000 youth and workers participated in strikes and
protests in South Korea yesterday, Seoul Plaza and the surrounding streets were
packed. As we reported earlier the police
have clamped down on workers and arrested labor officials. The strike has been
called in response to that and to head of attempts by the South Korean
government to privatize the rail system.
Protests were also against the corruption and election
scandals surrounding president Park
Guen-Hye’s government. Park has been likened to Britain’s Margaret Thatcher and
is the daughter of the late President and dictator Park Chung-Hee.13,000 police
were mobilized to handle the protests and strikes. There are more general
strike planned ahead.
Here is a video of young people, many of them young women singing revolutionary songs :
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