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A sledgehammer battle took place at the South Korean Parliament today, literally. Parliament members opposing a a closed door meeting broke into a conference with sledgehammers and crowbars....
CHAN: A sledgehammer battle took place at the South Korean Parliament today, literally. Parliament members opposing a a closed door meeting broke into a conference with sledgehammers and crowbars. One person suffered a head injury while others scuffled. Doors were knocked off their hinges while a desk used as a barricade was reduced to splinters.
STORY: Members of South Korea's Grand National Party had barricaded themselves in the foreign affairs committee office, propping furniture against the door to keep Democratic Party members out. They wanted to finally approve legislation to a free trade deal with the United States.
But Democratic Party members opposing the deal broke their way in.
South Korea and the United States reached the free trade deal last year. The agreement, which is expected to add about $20 billion to annual two-way trade of $78 billion, has not been approved by legislatures in either country. The conservative Grand National Party, which holds a majority in South Korea's 299-seat National Assembly, said it wants to approve the deal by the end of this year.
Surveys show a majority of South Korean support the deal. Protesters outside the parliament building say are it is a way to overcome the South Korean economy crisis.
[Park Chan-sung, Conservative Party Protester]: "The left wingers, anti-American and pro-North Korean, are against the U.S. and South Korea's FTA (Free Trade Agreement). That is why we are here to stop them. The U.S.-South Korea FTA should be ratified soon and we hope it can be a power to overcome South Korea's economic crisis."
The Democratic Party says the free trade deal would hurt farmers who would then face stiff competition without any protection measures.
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we also got the most amount of natural resourses including fresh water, stabler economy, better health care, more respect throughout the world, 2ndlargest unbroken forest, lower crime rate, less inbreeding and those 80 percent exports is us doing america a favour, china would be glad to take it off americas hands if we let them:)
To: Njahmoon89 IF your name is Kevin Wu then i would have to say you are not a korean in a long shot. Wu is a chinese name, and I have never heard anyone Koreans named WUu.
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It's KOREA ! STUPID KOREA !
IF your name is Kevin Wu then i would have to say you are not a korean in a long shot. Wu is a chinese name, and I have never heard anyone Koreans named WUu.