ISDS Case Map
Korea
Now that the official negotiations are over, the Korean government needs to make it possible for the people to participate and debate this in a substantial way.
South Korea and the United States have not been able to close the gap on key issues at the latest free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seoul, a government official said Tuesday.
As the 8th round of Korea-U.S. FTA negotiations entered its third day, a peaceful mass rally was held on Saturday in protest of the talks. Police violence was heavy, but the protesters stood strong until the end, even when sticks came down and water cannon was fired on them. At the end of the day, ten were arrested, and as of today, five from labor and student groups are still held in jail.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Tuesday that his government may choose to scrap free trade negotiations with the United States if South Korea's economic interests are not properly reflected in the final deal.
A group of 20 local activists said Monday they have started a hunger strike to oppose the South Korea-US free trade talks underway here, adding about 1,000 more people will join them later this month.
A demonstration against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) planned by the Korean Alliance against the Korea-US FTA (KoA) in downtown Seoul was canceled due to the preventive interference of the police as the eighth round of the talks that opened on March 8 nears its scheduled end on March 12.
South Korea and the United States were to wrap up their final official round of free trade agreement talks in Seoul on Monday, although they still have a few sensitive issues hanging in the balance.
Riot police used a water cannon Saturday to break up a noisy but peaceful street protest in downtown Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
South Korea announced Thursday that it will lower its quarantine standards for US beef imports and resume imports of American beef that do not contain bone fragments.
South Korean Catholics on Friday asked God to stop a proposed free trade agreement between their country and the United States, as Washington's chief negotiator said the two sides were intensifying efforts to strike a deal their legislatures can approve.
