Opposition lawmaker detonates tear gas bomb inside Assembly chamber to protest FTA

[unreal.livejournal.com]

An opposition lawmaker detonated a tear gas canister inside the National Assembly's main chamber on Tuesday in protest at the ruling party's move to force through a free trade agreement with the United States.

Rep. Kim Sun-dong of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was in the full parliamentary session at around 4 p.m. when lawmakers of the ruling Grand National Party abruptly called a plenary session in an apparent move to ratify the bill.

Source: yonhapnews

Comments

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

LOL SK has some of the most violent politicians.

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

All I remember about korean politics is seeing 50 what year old men throwing fists at each other.

[6rystalis.livejournal.com]

LOL they do that too?

The one fight I saw was between Taiwanese + Mainland China politicians tho haha~

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

yeah, fights in the parliament are not an uncommon event. --;

Oh, there's even video of it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8175512/Fight-erupts-in-South-Korean-parliament-over-free-school-meals.html

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

ugh wtf forreal? i'm betting security will be tightened considerably after this.

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

(probably not.)

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

accident...
Well tell us how you really feel about the free trade agreement. :/ >.>

[stormsandsins.livejournal.com]

WTF

[baeby-bloo-skys.livejournal.com]

i realize you might not like a bill, but tear gas? really?

[xxqod.livejournal.com]

I saw this on the Dutch news. And after that they just went on with the session...

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

I just saw this on the 4 o'clock news. Shit is crazy. I've heard that this has happened in in the Taiwanese parliament as well?