On Saturday, July 22nd, at 2pm, 2,000 people gathered at Pyeongtaek station to protest the planned expansion of US military base Camp Humphreys.
Speakers asked the crowd gathered to consider what US “strategic flexibility” really means and what that will imply for the future of the Korean peninsula. Several groups sang and danced, and Daechuri and Doduri residents also came to attend the event.
Following the main rally, the 2,000 person crowd began to march toward Daechuri. The march was blocked by police from crossing the Anseong river. They then moved across the paddy fields towards a second bridge to cross the river, but were also blocked there by 6 police busses. Military helicopters and vehicles surveyed the progress of the entire march.
The march ended essentially in the middle of the second bridge where 2,000 participants listened to speakers, sang and danced on the bridge. The crowd dispersed at 5:30pm.
Approximately 150 pro-expansion demonstrators from Anjungri simultaneously rallied at the 3-way intersection leading to Daechuri. |
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