Korean protestors in Wash DC march against US-Kor free trade area, US mad cow beef

Several times, protestors chanted "USA, keep your beef-we don't want mad cow disease!" There was even someone dressed in a cow suit.

At several points in the march, chants of "Be Agressive!" preceded mass charges of about a block in length, and at other points everyone lay down in the streets symbolizing the deaths of Korean farmers due to previous trade deals.

Koreans fear this deal will grealy increase the displacement of Korean farmers to cities and abroad. Due to a wave of suicides of Korean farmers(such as the famous Cancun incident), some signs stated "free trade kills farmers."

After the march ended in Lafayette park and the speeches were over, protestors carpooled over to the Washington Court Hotel(525 New Jersey Ave), where the delegates are staying for the trade talks.

About the issues involved in the US-Kor FTA: "agricultural issues," meaning forcing other nations to drop bans on US hormone-laced, genetically-engineered, disease-ridden food have sunk previous free trade deals and are one of the main reasons the Doha WTO round is dead in the water.

People have had enough of losing their farms and being forced to work in sweatshops or to emigrate-and enough of eating the disgusting US substitutes for what these farmers used to produce.