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	Over 15,000 come to Seoul solidarity rally; villagers defy government with rice harvest

In Seoul over 15,000 people came out on September 24 for a rally in solidarity with Doduri and Daechuri, and against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). See below for links to photos of the demo. Daechuri and Doduri villagers ripped apart a huge US flag in protest against the base expansion. Other activists tore down and cut through a section of razor wire fence, like the fencing that keeps villagers from their fields. Several US Korean war veterans, some very elderly, came over from the US for the rally. Japanese activists came to the rally from from Henoko, a Japanese city fighting to keep a US military airport from relocating to their town. As the rally was going on, several activists scaled a nearby ancient city gate and hung a banner against the Pyeongtaek expulsion and the FTA, before being taken down and arrested by police. Solidarity actions were also held in other cities around the world Several days after the demonstration, villagers defied the Korean Ministry of Defense by beginning this season's harvest of one variety of rice. Villagers haven't been able to reach most of their fields since the police fenced them off with razor wire during the May 4th attack, beginning the police occupation of the fields that continues today. But in some close-in fields, villagers have been able to irrigate their crops and prepare for the harvest. On September 27th, villagers began to harvest one of the fields that the government claims as property of the Ministry of Defense. At one point during the day, a government helicopter buzzed down near the field to take pictures of those working in the fields. Villagers will keep harvesting the fields that they can still reach during the coming days. Villagers refuse to stop working their land as they have always done. The harvest shows the government that they aren't planning on abandoning their land before the government's October 31 expulsion deadline. This week the nightly candlelight vigil is being held in nearby Pyeongtaek City, in front of the jail where Daechuri leader Kim Ji-tae has been held since May. Kim Ji-tae's hearing was scheduled for September 22, but prosecutors asked to postpone it until mid October, to keep Kim Ji-tae from attending the September 24th rally in Seoul. Villagers and supporters continue to demand that Kim Ji-tae be set free immediately. Photos of September 24 rally: http://www.tongilnews.com/article.asp?mainflag=Y&menuid=101000&articleid=68084 http://www.voiceofpeople.org/new/2006092451556.html http://www.newscham.net/news/view.php?board=news&id=37520 http://www.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=362213&ar_seq=9

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No	Subject	Name	Date	Hit
122	German action in solidarity with Pyeongtaek farmers	saveptfarmers	06-10-12	920
121	Photos from Daechuri's Chuseok harvest celebration	savePTfarmers	06-10-12	715
120	1590 Japanese citizens sign petition against base expansion	savePTfarmers	06-10-09	744
119	Daechuri and Doduri celebrate the harvest as expulsion deadline approaches	savePTfarmers	06-10-09	791
	Over 15,000 come to Seoul solidarity rally; villagers defy government with rice harvest	saveptfarmers	06-09-28	936
117	Pyeongtaek solidarity demo in Los Angeles	saveptfarmers	06-09-28	601
116	Candlelight vigil in New York Korea town	saveptfarmers	06-09-28	771
115	photos of 9/13 government's brutal attack on the villages of Daechuri and Doduri	dope	06-09-15	785
114	Police invade Daechuri and Doduri, demolish over 60 houses	saveptfarmers	06-09-13	1175
113	The countdown has begun for the demolition of the houses	manic	06-09-06	738
112	Update from Daechuri; Preparations for Massive march September 24	saveptfarmers	06-09-04	1086
111	[Appeal for Solidarity] Stop US Military Base Expansion in Pyeongtaek!	ÆòÅùü´ëÀ§	06-08-31	970

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