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Lee Myung-bak Cancels Indian Trip Due to Protests!

 
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Geckoman



Joined: 07 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:34 am    Post subject: Lee Myung-bak Cancels Indian Trip Due to Protests! Reply with quote

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was forced to cancel a trip to a Korean POSCO steel plant in India due to protests against him.

3000 People Began Protest Dharna at Balitutha Against POSCO
http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/01/3000-people-began-protest-dharna-at-balitutha-against-posco/comment-page-1/#comment-11

Did anybody see this covered in the Korean Media?

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crossmr



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If india doesn't fix that it is going to cost them. They just announced that they wanted to have a much bigger trade deal with Korea.
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redaxe



Joined: 01 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crossmr wrote:
If india doesn't fix that it is going to cost them. They just announced that they wanted to have a much bigger trade deal with Korea.


By "fix that" I hope you mean offer those 3000 people a reasonable price for the 4004 acres of land that the Indian government and POSCO are about to kick them off of...
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Geckoman



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Korean media only likes to tell how great Korea is, so I doubt this story was reported in the media. Thank god for bloggers reporting to us the news that the mainstream media does not report.
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