The 58-year-old farmer, who left for Seoul from his hometown Goseong county in South Gyeongsang province, told Xinhua that farmers still clamor for a peaceful demonstration though they are enraged at police blockade.
About 1,000 members of the Korean Peasants League (KPL) departed in two groups for Seoul from the country's southeast and southwest regions 11 days earlier.
They had driven tractors and trucks along the roads to Seoul, hanging up flags reading "Guarantee stable rice price", "Arrest Park Geun-hye" and "Park Geun-hye, step down." It was part of the rally to encourage other farmers to join the driving protest.
To farmers, tractor that is used to put soil upside down has a symbolic meaning to force scandal-plagued President Park to resign or be impeached.
Farmers attempted to carry tractors and other farming machines on trucks and arrive in the capital city at Friday night, but it was blocked by police in expressway ramps close to Seoul.
[Xinhua/globaltimes.cn]
26/11/16
-
Related:
- S. Korean president suspected of conspiring with indicted confidante
- South Korea's president asks for more time to prepare for questioning by prosecutors
- 100,000s stage largest-ever protest in Seoul to demand president resign
- Hundreds of thousands expected to rally in S.Korea to demand president's resignation
- South Korean prosecutors raid homes of Park Geun-hye aides
- Probe into Park's scandal widened in S. Korea
- South Korea turned down U.S. Japan fighter jet proposal
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
No comments :
Post a Comment
Only News