All posts tagged "rally"

  • Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, face off with protesters after a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago was cancelled due to security concerns Friday, March 11, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
    GOP candidate Trump calls off rally due to security concerns

    CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event in Chicago due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where it was to take place....

    • Posted March 11, 2016
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  • Gil Won-ok, front, and Lee Yong-soo, two victims of sexual slavery by Japan during World War II, listen to a speaker during the weekly rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday. (Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk)
    Weekly ‘comfort women’ rally continues

    By Kim Se-jeong Chilly weather could not discourage angry former sex slaves and activists from criticizing the agreement between Korea and Japan over the sexual slavery issue. At least 600 people took part in the “Wednesday rally,”...

    • Posted December 30, 2015
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    S. Korean police to take stronger measures in upcoming rally despite casualties

    By Brian Han Just a few weeks ago, a 69-year-old South Korean farmer got hit with a police water cannon during a massive protest rendering him unconscious. Medical reports later revealed that he suffered from a brain hemorrhage...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • South Korean riot police officers spray water cannons as police officers try to break up protesters trying to march to the Presidential House after a rally against government's policy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday as they clashed with anti-government demonstrators who marched through Seoul in what was believed to be the largest protest in South Korea's capital in more than seven years.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Blame game ensues after S. Korean protest goes violent

    By Lee Kyung-min Tension is escalating between police and protesters over who should be held accountable for Saturday’s rally that left one protestor unconscious and more than 140 people injured ― 113 police officers and 29 rally...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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  • A South Korean man, left, sets himself on fire as a woman tries to extinguish him during an anti-Japan rally demanding full compensation and an apology for wartime sex slaves from the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Rescue worker Woo Kyung-suk said that the 80-year-old man sustained third-degree burns on his upper body and arms and was breathing when he was carried into an emergency vehicle. The man's motives weren't immediately clear. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    S. Korean man, 80, sets self on fire at anti-Japan rally

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An 80-year-old South Korean man was unconscious and experiencing breathing difficulties after setting himself on fire during an anti-Japan protest in Seoul on Wednesday, hospital officials said. The rally, held in front...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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