SOUTH KOREA: South Koreans protest against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the reclusive state is expected to celebrate what is believed to be Kim's birthday

Record ID: 214139

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA: South Koreans protest against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the reclusive state is expected to celebrate what is believed to be Kim's birthday
  • Date: 8th January 2014
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 8, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTERS BURNING EFFIGY OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN, OTHERS CHANTING VARIOUS OF POLICE EXTINGUISHING FIRE VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING ANTI-NORTH KOREA SLOGANS PROTESTERS WEARING MASK OF PIG SYMBOLIZING NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN AND MASK OF FORMER NBA BASKETBALL PLAYER DENNIS RODMAN PROTESTERS WEARING MASKS ATTENDING ANTI-NORTH RALLY, OTHERS CHANTING MORE OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTER PARK CHAN-SUNG SAYING: "Today is Kim Jong Un's birthday and we are here to strongly condemn North Korea's dictatorship, the reign of terror and slaughter politics on behalf of the United Nations and the international community as well as South Korean people. We strongly urge North Korea to give up its nuclear programme promptly and free North Korean people." CANDIES ON TRAY FOR KIM'S BIRTHDAY PARTY PROTESTER WEARING MASK OF KIM'S UNCLE JANG SONG THAEK KICKING PROTESTER WEARING MASK OF PIG PROTESTERS SLASHING NORTH KOREA'S NATIONAL FLAG PROTESTERS SLASHING NORTH KOREA'S NATIONAL FLAG, CARRYING EFFIGY OF KIM EFFIGY OF KIM
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Country: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1J3Z29E2A70NQ7MJINKNKT2JN
  • Story Text: North Korean defectors and anti-North protesters in Seoul rallied against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on what is believed to be his birthday on Wednesday (January 8).
    Though the date of Kim's has never been officially confirmed.
    About 150 protesters chanted anti-North Korea slogans: "Condemn Kim Jong Un! Give up the nuclear programme".
    The protesters slashed North Korea's national flag and burned an effigy of Kim.

    "Today is Kim Jong Un's birthday and we are here to strongly condemn North Korea's dictatorship, the reign of terror and slaughter politics on behalf of the United Nations and the international community as well as South Korean people. We strongly urge North Korea to give up its nuclear programme promptly and free North Korean people," said South Korean protester Park Chan-sung.
    On December 13, Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek, considered the second most powerful man in the secretive country, was executed. His execution was the biggest upheaval in years in North Korea, which has conducted three nuclear tests and this year raised the possibility of nuclear war with South Korea and the United States.
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye has described recent events in North Korea as a "reign of terror."
    The purging of Jang was widely seen as a sign of factionalism within the secretive government.
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