SOUTH KOREA: South Korean activists hold an anti-Japan rally marking the 68th anniversary of Korea's liberation from the 1919-45 Japanese colonial rule

Record ID: 214029

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA: South Korean activists hold an anti-Japan rally marking the 68th anniversary of Korea's liberation from the 1919-45 Japanese colonial rule
  • Date: 15th August 2013
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 15, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTI-JAPAN PROTESTERS CHANTING AND WAVING PLACARDS JAPANESE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY FLAG WITH 'X' MARK EFFIGY WITH RISING SUN FLAG AND PLACARDS BURNING VARIOUS OF PLACARDS BEARING PHOTOS OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARO ASO, GERMAN DICTATOR ADOLF HITLER, JAPANESE RISING SUN FLAGS AND NAZI FLAG BURNING PROTESTER SETTING FIRE TO PLACARDS POLICE OFFICERS EXTINGUISHING FIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) ANTI-JAPAN PROTEST LEADER PARK CHAN-SUNG SAYING: "Today is the 68th anniversary of our liberation. Along with the international society, we strongly condemn Japan for distorting its history of aggression during World War Two. We also strongly urge it to apologise and make compensations like Germany did." ANTI-JAPAN PROTESTER CHANTING AND WAVING PLACARDS PLACARDS WITH PICTURE OF ABE, ASO, HITLER AND JAPANESE RISING SUN FLAG EXTERIORS OF JAPANESE EMBASSY JAPANESE FLAG RALLY IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 30th August 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Korea, Republic of
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: History,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1UL54PILK36K1MYJRNDJGVTDT
  • Story Text: South Korean activists held an anti-Japan rally on Thursday (August 15) marking the 68th anniversary of Korea's liberation from the 1919-45 Japanese colonial rule.
    About 200 protesters gathered in front of the Japanese embassy in downtown Seoul and burned placards bearing photos of the Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and deputy Prime Minister Aso Taro placed next to a photograph of German dictator Adolf Hitler.

    "Today is the 68th anniversary of our liberation. Along with the international society, we strongly condemn Japan for distorting its history of aggression during the World War Two. We also strongly urge it to make apologies and compensations like Germany did," said Park Chan-sung, the anti-Japan protest leader.
    Bitter memories of Japan's militarism run deep in South Korea and its relations with its neighbours remain fraught because of territorial feuds and disputes over wartime history.
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