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"The fight to save the Korean screen quota isn't only for the benefit of the Koreans, but it is also for the global cultural movement."
Films from South Korea may not be as prominently featured in the program of the 59th Cannes Film Festival as in recent years, yet Korean cinema is garnering attention, thanks to the struggle by industry people to defend the screen quota system.
A group of South Korean movie workers left for France Monday to protest at the Cannes film festival against South Korea's plan to sign a free trade pact with the United States, representatives of the group said.
President Roh Moo-hyun's public relations secretary Lee Baek-man has rejected criticism from circles close to the government that a planned free-trade agreement with the US would amount to selling out the nation.
Korean culture and entertainment industries will suffer considerable damage from a Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), a local think tank warned Friday.
Members of the local film industry and civil activists began in Seoul Monday a 146 day all-night rally in protest to the government's decision to halve the screen quota system.
A controversial plan reducing the country's screen quota by half has been approved by the government amid fierce protests from the film industry.
What message does it send to the world when we unquestioningly enter into an agreement with a country who seeks to change the rules of the international game in order to win?
Some 2,000 South Korean farmers, movie-makers and anti-US activists staged a candlelight protest Friday against free trade negotiations with the United States.
South Korea's movie industry ground to a halt on Wednesday, as dozens of stars and hundreds of film workers protested against a government move to cut protection for the industry to smooth free trade talks with the United States.
