Anti-Government Protest Peaceful this Weekend In Seoul

It is good to see the anti-government protests this weekend did not turn violent like the last ones.  I do have to chuckle in regards to the opinion of how many people showed up.  The protesters say they had 50,000 while the police say there was 14,000.  At least the discrepancy isn’t as bad as all the million man marches in the US where there is only a few thousand people actually there:

Tens of thousands of protesters held a massive rally Saturday to protest the government’s move to adopt state history textbooks and push for labor reform and it ended without any clashes with police.

The rally, the second of its kind in three weeks, brought together about 14,000 participants who gathered at Seoul Plaza in central Seoul and marched peacefully, according to police. Organizers put the number at some 50,000.

The focal point of the rally was whether the rally would turn violent as some participants at the Nov. 14 one brandished metal pipes, clashing with police who fired water cannons at them.

A farmer still remains in critical condition after being knocked down by a police water cannon.

Organizers vowed to hold Saturday’s rally in a peaceful manner, while police also warned that they will take stern action if the rally turns violent.  [Yonhap]

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