Determined to ratify the controversial South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) before the end of this year, the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) physically barred opposition lawmakers from a committee room and put the motion before parliament. The trade deal has been sitting idle in the legislatures of the two countries since June last year.
"We have managed today to pave the way for this critical deal," GNP floor leader Hong Joon-pyo said. "It will be ratified by the end of the year. There will be no further delay."
Scores of lawmakers from the largest opposition Democratic Party and the minority Democratic Labor Party scuffled for hours with security officials, who had been guarding the hall since Wednesday.
"No FTA for the country!" "No dictatorship in the parliament!" opposition legislators called out, shaking their fists in the air at the National Assembly.
As security officials, mobilized by President Lee Myung-bak's GNP, continued to bar them from entering the committee room, some lawmakers used hammers and chisels to tear the back door down. They still could not enter, however, as a fire extinguisher blast broke up the scuffling. No one was seriously hurt.
Some pictures from today's festivities.
LOL, 폐문.
Update: I couldn't help but post more of these dignified men and women. I don't really know what to say except, yeah, I guess is where the well-known impression that Koreans are hot-tempered comes from, and we hardly needed any more evidence for their flair for the dramatic. Geez, you'd think somebody cheated at soccer or something.
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I thought I was viewing my second period class for a moment. Gee, I wonder where the children learn all of their stuff.
The third picture is indescribably awesome. I want to incorporate it into as many posts as possible from now on.
And the fourth one . . . watching all the Mad Cow stuff made me wanted to just pull that guy's beard. Have to give him props though for being, from what I saw during those proceedings, the only Parliament member wearing hanbok.
The third photograph is my favorite, however, the sledge hammer was a nice touch. I just happen to have one of those right about here in my bag....
Nicely done! May I "scrap" a couple of these and use them?
Discussion is for pussies... this is how democracy really functions.
Of course. I stole them off the internet my own damn self. I strongly advise you to use the third one as often as possible, whether the situation calls for it or not.
ahh the head and arm thrown back in the ecstasy of pain and torment...
"Han" - we all share it.
Closer inspection makes it look like the creepy "Kangta wannabe" is injecting torment-dude with something...
When Korean politicians fight, they don't use centuries of their mad elite TaeKwondo skillz. I want to see a Korean politician giving a sweet Tae Kwon Do kick to the head or nuts. In the land of morning calm, there just isn't enough round houses to the solar plexus to satisfy. More carnage please!!!
That is hilarious and incredibly awesome. Thank you, Korea, for giving me more evidence toward my claim that this is a country run by 3rd graders.
- Driftingfocus
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