KMK: Political Hot Bed

You know, it never ceases to amaze me that I live in a city of so much poltical hijinx and exploits, clashes and demonstrations that hundreds can be arrested in a single day.

And I wouldn’t even know it.

In Central Seoul near City Hall seems to be where the majority of action takes place. I’m talking about hundreds of thousands fo people marching, stamping, and demonstrating en masse.

Usually with a common cause, but I’ve been told its not unlikely for several groups to piggy back onto a cause and use the people and energy to further their own agenda. Which, I think, is a little strange. What would Miss Manners say? There must be some ettiquette rule when, lets say, Choi is out there protesting US BEEEF and then Hyun comes along and whips out his Anti-Tobacco signs.

The other day more arrests where made according to the Joongang Daily.

What’s eerie is that even if you were close to where this happened, say the next block over, you probably wouldn’t even realize it unless you walked right into the hoopla. The closest I came was last spring near Tomatillos when after just hopping into a cab and making a quick turn Rebecca and I found ourselves in the midst of some sort of demonstration complete with protesting crowds, police on horseback and plenty of blaring car horns.

Do you have any experiences being caught up in a Korean Protest? Did you go on purprose or did you just find yourself in the right place at the wrong time?

Enquiring minds want to know! okay, just me.