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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: Buddhist monk attempts seppuku at Seoul protest; fails. |
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A South Korean Buddhist monk Saturday attempted to disembowel himself in protest against what he claims to be religious discrimination by the government, Yonhap News reported quoting police.
According to police, Ven. Sambo wrote a note in his blood reading "Stop discriminating against Buddhism" and attempted a suicide at Jogye Temple in central Seoul. He was taken to a hospital and police said he is not in a life-threatening condition.
President Lee Myung-bak, a devout Christian, has grown increasingly unpopular with the country's Buddhists, who believe their religion is being slighted under his administration.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/08/113_30261.html
Hmm, not very enlightened. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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I think this country is a ticking time bomb. The economy will worsen and then watch out.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200808/200808290026.html
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Rallies Teem With Professional Protesters
An investigation of seven people arrested for throwing bottles of hydrochloric acid at police during a protest near Myeongdong Cathedral on Aug. 9 has revealed that only one of them had a stable job. Another of the seven was an itinerant laborer, and the other five were unemployed. They met during anti-U.S. beef protests in June and formed a group called Passionate Citizens and gave themselves the ranks of �chairman,� �advisor,� �spokesman� and �marksman.� The spokesman for the group was a homeless man living in a park in Yeoido and used a slingshot to fire ball bearings at police. If arrested, they conspired to make false confessions that they had been instructed to do so by the ruling party or a conservative group. |
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