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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 10:40 AM
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Democracy South Korean parliament style- on US Free Trade pact (6 pictures)

South Korean opposition party members use a fire hose as they try to enter a parliamentary committee room barricaded by ruling party members in Seoul. South Korean MPs barricaded themselves into a parliamentary committee room Thursday after opponents smashed down the door, as tempers flared over a bid to ratify a US free trade pact.
(AFP/Jeon Young-Han)








Members (R) of the opposition from the Democratic Party and the Democratic Labour Party scuffle with security guards as they attempt to enter a parliamentary committee room, where the ruling Grand National Party plans to introduce a bill regarding the U.S.-South Korea FTA talks, at the National Assembly in Seoul December 18, 2008. A South Korean parliamentary committee introduced a free trade bill on Thursday with the U.S., sparking a fight where sledgehammer-swinging MPs tried to break through on office-furniture barricade.



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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 10:46 AM
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1. So "Both" sides do not want the "Free Trade Pact"
must be full of provisions that benifit a select few
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