SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly’s interior committee on Thursday approved a revision bill aimed at prohibiting rallies held within a 100-meter radius of the presidential office, and the residences of current and former presidents. The bill was tabled following complaints over noise and inconvenience due to persistent protests around the presidential [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing police ban on assemblies and demonstrations within a 100-meter radius of the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, will be maintained until the court makes its final judgment on the matter, the city’s police chief said Monday. Kim Chang-yong, commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, told [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have decided to continue to ban demonstrations within the 100-meter radius of the new presidential office in Seoul’s central district of Yongsan, sources said Friday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police has recently instructed the Yongsan Police Station and nearby police forces to give a notification of prohibition to those [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Labor activists pushed ahead with street rallies in Seoul and other major cities Saturday despite concerns over spikes in coronavirus infections. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a major umbrella labor organization, and about 20 affiliated union groups took to streets across the country to stage scores of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday eased tough restrictions on outdoor rallies as the country adjusted its social distancing to the lowest level. The new guidelines allow rallies of fewer than 100 people, lifting an earlier ban on rallies of 10 or more, which had been in place since [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The rare sight of hundreds of police buses packing downtown Seoul last Saturday has ignited a debate over whether such a display of force was justified in light of the coronavirus pandemic to stop mass anti-government rallies from being held. The debate comes ahead of another set of rallies [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Conservative groups staged “drive-thru” anti-government rallies in southern Seoul on Saturday after winning court approval to hold demonstrations only under certain conditions to prevent another coronavirus resurgence from mass gatherings. The protesters stopped short of reaching central Seoul near the presidential office, as the Gwanghwamun area was practically sealed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced a plan to extend a ban on rallies of 10 or more people to next month despite eased social distancing guidelines that went into effect Monday. Under the plan, all rallies of 10 or more participants will be banned across the capital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Progressive civic groups held rallies Monday to protest the U.S. demand that South Korea sharply raise its share of the cost of the upkeep of American troops stationed here and to call for a reduction in the number of U.S. soldiers. Activists gathered in front of the Korea Institute [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans wearing military uniforms at rallies are becoming a source of controversy, raising questions as to how they should be treated under the law. The police recently conducted a legal review of the Act on the Control of Military Uniforms and Accoutrements to develop a strict enforcement standard [...]