SOUTH KOREA: Anti-Japan protests in South Korea mark 94th Independence Movement Day

Record ID: 213922

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA: Anti-Japan protests in South Korea mark 94th Independence Movement Day
  • Date: 1st March 2013
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 1, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTERS SLASHING JAPANESE (MILITARY) FLAG WITH KNIFE DURING RALLY IN FRONT OF JAPANESE EMBASSY IN SEOUL VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS TEARING JAPANESE FLAG WITH THEIR HANDS, OTHERS CHANTING SLOGANS VARIOUS OF PROTESTER TEARING JAPANESE CIGARETTES INTO PIECES PIECES OF JAPANESE CIGARETTES VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) PROTESTER CHOO SEON-HEE SAYING: "The Japanese government should apologise its past wrongdoing in history and work together with South Korea as a partner for the peace in Northeast Asia and the world." PROTESTER WEARING MASK OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE GOING DOWN ON HIS KNEES AS SIGN OF APOLOGY MASK OF SHINZO ABE VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTERS THROWING EGGS TOWARDS BULLETIN BOARD BEARING LOGOS OF JAPANESE PRODUCTS BROKEN EGGS ON GROUND VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) REPRESENTATIVE OF SAVE LOCAL STORES ALLIANCE (SLSA), OH HO-SEOK, SAYING: "Boycotting Japanese goods is the only way to send an alarm call to the Japanese government and show our disappointment." VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN SHOPKEEPER TAKING JAPANESE CIGARETTES OUT OF SHELVES SHOPKEEPER PUTTING JAPANESE CIGARETTES INTO BOX JAPANESE CIGARETTES IN BASKET JAPANESE BEER SHOPKEEPER TAKING JAPANESE BEER OUT OF REFRIGERATOR JAPANESE BEER IN BASKET REFRIGERATOR WITHOUT JAPANESE BEERS
  • Embargoed: 16th March 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Korea, Republic of
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7EGBVEHUFRABB71CPQ4UNGHOE
  • Story Text: South Koreans on Friday (March 1) staged anti-Japan rallies and boycotted Japanese imports to mark the 94th anniversary of Independence Movement Day.
    The day marks the first public resistance from Koreans against Japanese colonial rule between 1910 to 1945.
    The anniversary came amid high anti-Japanese sentiment in the territorial dispute over islands called Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
    Dozens of activists staged a rally in front of Seoul's Japanese embassy, slashing the Japanese military flag.

    "The Japanese government should apologise its past wrongdoing in history and work together with South Korea as a partner for peace in the Northeast Asia and the world," said protest leader Choo Seon-hee.
    Protesters threw eggs at a bulletin bearing photos and logos of some Japanese brands.
    Save Local Stores Alliance said more than 7 million shop owners nationwide have agreed to join a movement calling for a stop to the selling or buying of Japanese goods until Tokyo apologises for its past.

    "Boycotting Japanese goods is the only way to send an alarm call to the Japanese government and show our disappointment," said Oh Ho-seok, A representative of Save Local Stores Alliance (SLSA).
    Japan says it has settled all its obligations and has apologized for its colonial rule, although Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has raised doubts about whether it stands by a 1993 statement on comfort women as well as a 1995 apology by then-prime minister Tomiichi Murayama.
    Seoul says there has not been sufficient apology and that reparations are not complete.
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