South Korean Lawmakers Fired Up Over FTA (Updated!)
19 December 2008
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UPDATED: Check out these fascinating pics of politics Korean style! [LA Times]
In what was clearly a bitter set of proceedings, members from both sides of the aisle squared off in committee. Members of the opposing Democratic Party tried to enter and disrupt the committee formed by the ruling Grand National Party from advancing legislation to approve the US-Korea FTA (Free Trade Agreement). By the looks of this photo, a Democratic Party legislator appears to be getting a face full of fire extinguisher as he and his associates attempt to wash out the blockaded committee room with a fire hose. It’s a wash who won.
[NY Times]
photo: Kim Ju-seong
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