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| Roh asks for restraint, protesters tell him to get bent... |
| 2002-12-29 |
| Korea Herald South Korean president-elect Roh Moo-Hyun has called for "self-restraint" in protests against the acquittals of two U.S. soldiers involved in the June accident that claimed the lives of two Korean girls, as Seoul is working with Washington to solve a "more pressing" issue - the growing nuclear threat from North Korea. Yasss... The threat of nuclear anihilation would seem a bit more pressing than a traffic accident... "I earnestly appeal to you to exhibit self-restraint on the candlelight vigils," Roh told representatives from a civic group and the parents of the two girls Saturday. "Now that I've been elected, we don't need them anymore..." It is the first time that the president-to-be, who held a more critical view of the United States than his conservative rival Lee Hoi-chang during the presidential campaign, has met the activists and the parents of the two girls since his election. He hasn't needed to before. There was a campaign going on, and the demonstrators were benefiting him... During the meeting with Roh, however, the representatives said they would continue with peaceful demonstrations. "Naw. We got nothin' better to do..." After Roh met them for about 90 minutes, about 1,200 citizens joined a candlelight vigil and demonstration near the U.S. Embassy in downtown Seoul, demanding U.S. President George W. Bush's apology and the revision of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), a legal code governing the status of U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea. Some protesters scuffled with police who were blocking them from marching onto the embassy. They meant kinda peaceful demonstrations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |