SKorean workers, farmers march against US trade deal

[Omaha Steve]

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SKorean workers, farmers march against US trade deal
Posted: 08 April 2007 0629 hrs

SEOUL : Thousands of protestors marched through Seoul Saturday, calling for lawmakers to reject a major free trade deal with the United States.

The biggest free trade deal for the US since the 1993 North America Free Trade Agreement has left many local workers and farmers fearing for their jobs and futures.

Carrying banners and flags, the protesters walked about a mile (1.5 kilometres) from a public park to a plaza outside the City Hall, where they sat down on the pavement and held a candlelit rally.

"We don't need US mad-cow beef. Give it to (US President George W.) Bush," chanted around 6,000 protesters.

They demanded that the South Korean government rip up the agreement and that President Roh Moo-Hyun steps down.

"We will have no future under the FTA," Lee Suk-Haeng, head of the hardline Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), said in a speech before the march started.

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