SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean educational authorities are preventing students from participating in rallies, citing the Halloween crowd crush as an excuse, while attempting to restrict their everyday activities. Vice Education Minister Jang Sang-yoon held a meeting with the heads of regional education offices last Sunday, the day after the Itaewon disaster. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Iranians residing in South Korea have gathered to protest against the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on anti-hijab protests. Iranians on Wednesday staged a rally in front of the Iranian Embassy in Seoul. They raised their voices against the Iranian government’s strong crackdown on local protests involving [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Progressive activists went ahead with “drive-thru” rallies for labor rights in Seoul on Saturday, defying a police ban amid surging coronavirus infections. More than 200 vehicles participated in the parades demanding legislation for tougher punishment of companies over serious industrial accidents and legal grounds to prohibit the firing of [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rallies and demonstrations following African American George Floyd’s death continued throughout major U.S. cities on Saturday (local time), with Korean Americans joining the peaceful protests calling for an end to racism and police brutality. An organization named “The Asia-Pacific Resident Community in Support of BLM (Black Lives Matter)” held [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of activists held a rally in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their support for the anti-racism movement in the United States that flared up after the death of George Floyd. Some 100 people participated in the rally, which was held in Myeongdong, central Seoul. Clad in [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean activists will hold a rally here this weekend to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the United States and remember George Floyd. Organizers said Friday they plan to gather at the central Seoul neighborhood of Myeongdong at 4 p.m. on Saturday and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With the spread of the coronavirus outbreak raising alarm across the country, regular Wednesday demonstrations demanding that Japan apologize for its wartime sexual slavery, protests that have been held continuously since 1992 have also been affected. On Wednesday, for the first time ever, the Korean Council for Justice and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Supporters of South Korea’s embattled justice minister, Cho Kuk, staged another massive candlelight vigil right in front of the prosecution’s headquarters in southern Seoul on Saturday, as Cho’s wife was grilled again by investigators over her alleged role in the fraud and corruption scandal that has roiled the country [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets in downtown Seoul Thursday calling for the ouster of Justice Minister Cho Guk as prosecutors questioned Cho’s wife as part of a widening probe into corruption allegations surrounding the family. The crowd — mostly supporters of the main opposition [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of people gathered in Seoul on Saturday to support Justice Minister Cho Kuk and his drive to reform the prosecution despite a widening investigation into corruption allegations involving his family. A candlelight demonstration was held late in the day in southern Seoul where the Supreme Prosecutors’ [...]