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Protests, Counter-Protests Spread in South Korea

By Anthony Kuhn

Published June 13, 2008 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Pro-government veterans launched a counter-demonstration in Seoul Friday, opposing the anti-U.S. beef and anti-President Lee Myung-Bak protests that have gripped the South Korean capital for weeks.

Today in Seoul, right-wing veterans of the Korean War staged a counter-demonstration, claiming that the tens of thousands of Koreans who have been protesting plans to import U.S. beef are being used by North Korea's communists.

Meanwhile, anti-government protesters observed the sixth anniversary today of the deaths of two South Korean girls who were run over by a U.S. military vehicle.

Adding to the government's headaches, South Korean truckers are planning to go on strike Saturday over rising fuel prices.

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Anthony Kuhn

Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.

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