These protests have been going on for months. Activists have staged daily protests against the decision to resume US beef imports. It’s plainly clear the South Korean population doesn’t want beef imported from the US, yet SKorean officials are under pressure from powerful US corporate interests. Well, it won’t work.
Al Jazeera—Hundreds of of South Koreans protesting against the resumption of US beef imports have been injured in clashes with riot police. Police fired water cannon and used batons in an attempt to disperse the protesters, some of which were carrying steel pipes and throwing stones, in the capital Seoul. About 15,000 people had gathered for a rally on Saturday night demanding that the government withdraw its decision to lift a ban of American beef. But the protest turned violent when some people used ropes to try and move police buses that were used as barricades to prevent them from marching on the president’s Blue House office. More
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