The Harmonious Journey
wound its way through
Seoul on Sunday.
Updated 28 April:
"Thousands of young Chinese assembled to defend their country's troubled Olympic torch relay pushed through police lines in Seoul on Sunday, some of them hurling rocks, bottled water and plastic and steel pipes at protesters demanding better treatment for North Korean refugees in China.
"Two North Korean defectors living in South Korea poured paint thinner on themselves and tried to set themselves on fire in an attempt to protest what they condemned as Beijing's inhumane crackdown of North Korean refugees, but the police stopped them, according to witnesses and the police.
"The South Korean police and Chinese students also overpowered at least two other protesters who tried to impede the run along a 25-kilometer, or 15-mile, route through Seoul. The route was kept secret until the last minute and guarded by more than 8,300 police officers.
"In other cities, the globe-trotting relay of the torch leading up to the Beijing Games in August has triggered protests against China's crackdown on violent protests for independence in Tibet. In South Korea, one of the torch's final stops before entering the safety of China, demonstrators focused on human rights for North Koreans who live in hiding in China after fleeing hunger in their homeland."
From Thursday:
"The Korean Olympic Committee announced yesterday that the torch will be carried on a 24-kilometer (15-mile) course from Peace Square in Olympic Park, Songpa District in southeastern Seoul to City Hall downtown. The relay is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.
"However, the specific route has not been announced and is subject to last-minute changes because of security concerns, the committee said.
"The Tibet Peace United, an umbrella organization of 63 civic groups, said yesterday that it will start protests at 4 p.m. Sunday at Pagoda Park. Additionally, human rights organizations, Christian groups and North Korean refugees will demonstrate from 11 a.m. at the relay’s starting point.
"With the planned protests posing potential risks to spectators' safety as well as to the torch itself [some of the groups have declared their intention to disrupt the relay --Ed.], the National Police Agency said it will dispatch 100 elite officers to stand guard. The officers, who will wear marathon uniforms, are expected to run together with torch bearers.
"Two torch runners selected to take part in the event, environmentalist Choi Seung-kuk and civic leader Park Won-soon, have already said they will boycott the event to protest China's Tibet policies."
"Thousands of young Chinese assembled to defend their country's troubled Olympic torch relay pushed through police lines in Seoul on Sunday, some of them hurling rocks, bottled water and plastic and steel pipes at protesters demanding better treatment for North Korean refugees in China.
"Two North Korean defectors living in South Korea poured paint thinner on themselves and tried to set themselves on fire in an attempt to protest what they condemned as Beijing's inhumane crackdown of North Korean refugees, but the police stopped them, according to witnesses and the police.
"The South Korean police and Chinese students also overpowered at least two other protesters who tried to impede the run along a 25-kilometer, or 15-mile, route through Seoul. The route was kept secret until the last minute and guarded by more than 8,300 police officers.
"In other cities, the globe-trotting relay of the torch leading up to the Beijing Games in August has triggered protests against China's crackdown on violent protests for independence in Tibet. In South Korea, one of the torch's final stops before entering the safety of China, demonstrators focused on human rights for North Koreans who live in hiding in China after fleeing hunger in their homeland."
From Thursday:
"The Korean Olympic Committee announced yesterday that the torch will be carried on a 24-kilometer (15-mile) course from Peace Square in Olympic Park, Songpa District in southeastern Seoul to City Hall downtown. The relay is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.
"However, the specific route has not been announced and is subject to last-minute changes because of security concerns, the committee said.
"The Tibet Peace United, an umbrella organization of 63 civic groups, said yesterday that it will start protests at 4 p.m. Sunday at Pagoda Park. Additionally, human rights organizations, Christian groups and North Korean refugees will demonstrate from 11 a.m. at the relay’s starting point.
"With the planned protests posing potential risks to spectators' safety as well as to the torch itself [some of the groups have declared their intention to disrupt the relay --Ed.], the National Police Agency said it will dispatch 100 elite officers to stand guard. The officers, who will wear marathon uniforms, are expected to run together with torch bearers.
"Two torch runners selected to take part in the event, environmentalist Choi Seung-kuk and civic leader Park Won-soon, have already said they will boycott the event to protest China's Tibet policies."
The Harmonious Journey
wound its way through
Seoul on Sunday.
mr damon, 15:42
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