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Anti-G20 Demonstrations Begin in Seoul
Thousands of demonstrators converged on downtown Seoul, South Korea Sunday for the first of a promised series of protests against this week's G20 leaders' summit. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman was on the scene and took these pictures.
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The labor rally took place in Seoul City Plaza near city hall.
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Sunday's rally also marked the 40th anniversary of the death of tailor Chun Tae Il, whose act of burning himself to death in marked the start of modern trade union activism in S. Korea.
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A speaker appears before activists in Seoul City Plaza Sunday kicking off days of demonstrations leading to the G20 Summit.
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Performers on a stage at the anti-globalization rally with a large sign in background promoting G20 summit.