South Korea-Japan/Protest
Seoul, South Korea - July 20, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of protesters holding banners, flags
2. Protesters on stage
3. Post showing information about protest
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sang-beom, protester:
"Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea is wrong. Japan should apologize to South Korea and compensate for the crimes committed in the past. Instead of compensation, they retaliated through economic means, by making unfounded counter-charges, so South Korean residents are very angry."
5. Protester holding banner
6. Protesters singing on stage
7. Protesters holding banners
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Won Sun-hee, protester:
"We are living in an era of economic globalization, which means that the economies of all countries in the world are interdependent. The G20 summit also agreed that free trade should continue to be strengthened. Under this background, the Abe government's action can be seen as undermining the world economic order. Therefore, other countries should not only be onlookers but also safeguard the current world economic order and stop the Abe government."
9. Post showing Abe's photo with 'NO' painted over his face in bright red letters
10. Various of protesters holding banners, flags
Thousands of South Koreans gathered on the street near the Japanese embassy in South Korea in Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's stricter export control to the country.
The protest came amid the escalating trade row between South Korea and Japan, following Japan's stricter control early this month on its export to South Korea of materials vital to produce memory chips and display panels, which are the mainstay of the South Korean tech industry.
Japan's export restriction came in protest against the South Korean top court's rulings that ordered some Japanese firms, including Nippon Steel and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries among others, to compensate South Korean forced labor victims.
"Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea is wrong. Japan should apologize to South Korea and compensate for the crimes committed in the past. Instead of compensation, they retaliated through economic means, by making unfounded counter-charges, so South Korean residents are very angry," said Lee Sang-beom, a protester.
Protests were launched by nearly 100 South Korean citizens' groups, with protesters holding slogans such as "No Abe" and "Against Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea". They demanded the Japanese government face up to their mistakes, and also called on the South Korean government to maintain a tough attitude towards Japan.
"We are living in an era of economic globalization, which means that the economies of all countries in the world are interdependent. The G20 summit also agreed that free trade should continue to be strengthened. Under this background, the Abe government's action can be seen as undermining the world economic order. Therefore, other countries should not only be onlookers but also safeguard the current world economic order and stop the Abe government," said Won Sun-hee, a protester.
A 78-year-old, only identified by his surname Kim, died Friday after setting fire to his own car near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Kim's family told the police that Kim's father-in-law was one of the South Korean victims who was forced into hard labor without pay during the 1910-45 Japanese colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
As a matter of fact, the history of forced labor has always been one of the outstanding historical issues in South Korea-Japan relations.
Japan has said that all claims relating to the 1910-45 colonial period were decided under the 1965 treaty that normalized ties and states that matters of compensation are "settled completely and finally". However, South Korea believes that Japan did not really reflect on itself and has always refused to bear relevant legal responsibilities.
Although South Korea and Japan have recently held many talks on the issues, no progress has been made. At present, anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea is rising day by day. Many people and businesses have joined in the boycott of Japanese goods.
South Korea-Japan/Protest
Dateline : July 20, 2019
Location : Republic of Korea
Duration : 1'55
Seoul, South Korea - July 20, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of protesters holding banners, flags
2. Protesters on stage
3. Post showing information about protest
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sang-beom, protester:
"Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea is wrong. Japan should apologize to South Korea and compensate for the crimes committed in the past. Instead of compensation, they retaliated through economic means, by making unfounded counter-charges, so South Korean residents are very angry."
5. Protester holding banner
6. Protesters singing on stage
7. Protesters holding banners
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Won Sun-hee, protester:
"We are living in an era of economic globalization, which means that the economies of all countries in the world are interdependent. The G20 summit also agreed that free trade should continue to be strengthened. Under this background, the Abe government's action can be seen as undermining the world economic order. Therefore, other countries should not only be onlookers but also safeguard the current world economic order and stop the Abe government."
9. Post showing Abe's photo with 'NO' painted over his face in bright red letters
10. Various of protesters holding banners, flags
Thousands of South Koreans gathered on the street near the Japanese embassy in South Korea in Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's stricter export control to the country.
The protest came amid the escalating trade row between South Korea and Japan, following Japan's stricter control early this month on its export to South Korea of materials vital to produce memory chips and display panels, which are the mainstay of the South Korean tech industry.
Japan's export restriction came in protest against the South Korean top court's rulings that ordered some Japanese firms, including Nippon Steel and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries among others, to compensate South Korean forced labor victims.
"Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea is wrong. Japan should apologize to South Korea and compensate for the crimes committed in the past. Instead of compensation, they retaliated through economic means, by making unfounded counter-charges, so South Korean residents are very angry," said Lee Sang-beom, a protester.
Protests were launched by nearly 100 South Korean citizens' groups, with protesters holding slogans such as "No Abe" and "Against Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea". They demanded the Japanese government face up to their mistakes, and also called on the South Korean government to maintain a tough attitude towards Japan.
"We are living in an era of economic globalization, which means that the economies of all countries in the world are interdependent. The G20 summit also agreed that free trade should continue to be strengthened. Under this background, the Abe government's action can be seen as undermining the world economic order. Therefore, other countries should not only be onlookers but also safeguard the current world economic order and stop the Abe government," said Won Sun-hee, a protester.
A 78-year-old, only identified by his surname Kim, died Friday after setting fire to his own car near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Kim's family told the police that Kim's father-in-law was one of the South Korean victims who was forced into hard labor without pay during the 1910-45 Japanese colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
As a matter of fact, the history of forced labor has always been one of the outstanding historical issues in South Korea-Japan relations.
Japan has said that all claims relating to the 1910-45 colonial period were decided under the 1965 treaty that normalized ties and states that matters of compensation are "settled completely and finally". However, South Korea believes that Japan did not really reflect on itself and has always refused to bear relevant legal responsibilities.
Although South Korea and Japan have recently held many talks on the issues, no progress has been made. At present, anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea is rising day by day. Many people and businesses have joined in the boycott of Japanese goods.
ID : 8116630
Published : 2019-07-21 08:01
Last Modified : 2019-07-21 17:52:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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