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  • Park Geun-hye attends a national convention of then ruling Saenuri Party in Goyang, north of Seoul, August 20, 2012. Park defeated challengers from her conservative and right-wing party and was nominated candidate for the Dec. 19, 2012 presidential election. Park is the daughter of former military dictator Park Chung-hee who took power in a military coup in 1961 and ruled until his assassination in 1979. The late President Park was a lieutenant in the Japanese army during Japan's colonial rule over Korea and has been widely criticized when he imprisoned pro-democracy activists during his 18-year-seizure of power for "modernisation" of the country, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye inspects a honour guard during her inauguration at parliament in Seoul February 25, 2013. Park Geun-hye became the first female president of South Korea, who is the daughter of a former military dictator Park Chung-hee who took power in a military coup in 1961 and ruled the country for 18 years. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court from a prison before her trial in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2017. Park stood accused of bribery, abuse of power and leaks of government secrets. Park was impeached by the Constitutional Court on March 10, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People personating President Park Geun-Hye (2nd R) and justices (R and 3rd R) of the Constitutional Court, march toward presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 10, 2017, after the court upheld the impeachment of President Park. The court's eight justices unanimously ruled against her and Park became the first president ousted in South Korea. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People celebrate near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea after the court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The court's eight justices unanimously ruled against her and Park became the first president ousted in South Korea, Mar 10, 2017. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Residents and peace activists march toward a Lotte golf course during a rally against a plan of the U.S. and South Korea to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in Seongju, about 260 km southeast of Seoul, South Korea, Mar 18, 2017. The U.S. and South Korea had agreed to station the anti-missile battery with a high-powered radar on a Lotte golf course in Seongju to counter missile threats from North Korea but China opposed the deployment as they asserted the United States will spy on Chinese military with THAAD. China recently ordered their travel agencies to stop selling group tours to South Korea. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • True believers in late President Park Chung-Hee and his daughter and current President Park Geun-Hye hold the Stars and Stripes and South Korean flags during a rally staged to support the president near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 9, 2017, a day before the Constitutional Court's ruling on President Park Geun-Hye's impeachment. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. The ruling on her impeachment will be delivered by the court at A.M. 11:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Friday, March 10, 2017. If the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment, President Park should leave office permanently and presidential election is expected to he held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Policemen carry a supporter (C) of former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye as her supporters hold a sit-in in front of her home in an attempt to block her before she leaves to go to the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 30, 2017. The court held a hearing on Thursday to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for her over corruption allegations that fired her. South Korea's prosecutors filed the request on Monday to detain Park Geun-Hye on charges of abuse of authority, coercion, bribery and leaking government secrets, citing the graveness of the alleged crimes and the possibility of the destruction of evidence, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Policemen are on stand-by behind barricades as supporters for former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye stage a protest after the Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Park in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 11, 2017. The ruling made Park the country's first president to be sacked by the parliamentary impeachment. Park became an ordinary citizen and is expected to face questioning by the prosecution. Park was impeached by the parliament last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-Yong (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend a court hearing to review the legality of his detention in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 16, 2017. South Korea's special prosecutors on Feb. 14, 2017 requested the arrest of Lee on charges of bribery which is connected with scandal that led to South Korean President Park Geun-hye's impeachment. Park was impeached on December 9, 2016 over a corruption scandal centering on her longtime confidante Choi Soon-Sil. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the de facto leader of Samsung Group Lee Jae-Yong arrives at the special prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 25, 2017. Special prosecutors questioned Lee on Saturday again since he was arrested over bribery allegations related with a corruption scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment in December, 2016. The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Lee on Feb. 17, 2017. Lee faces allegations that he gave or promised some 43 billion won (US$36.3 million) worth of bribes to the president's friend Choi Soon-sil in return for the government's backing of a merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-Yong (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court from a prison before his trial in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2017. Lee stood accused of bribery related to the merger of two of Samsung's affiliates involving former President Park Geun-hye. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A South Korean man and his son take pictures of them in front of a work that local artists created to criticize South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C), Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong (L) and Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-Koo during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Jan 7, 2017. About 600,000 people on Saturday participated in a rally in Seoul, held over an influence-peddling scandal centered on Park and her long-time friend Choi Soon-Sil. Park and Choi allegedly extracted US$64.7 million from conglomerates to set up private foundations controlled by Choi. People demanded President Park to step down during a rally, which was held also to mourn over the 1,000th day of the Sewol Ferry disaster on April 16, 2014, which falls on January 9, 2016. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Choi Soon-Sil, a close friend of then South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the special prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 25, 2017. The special prosecutors started after President Park was impeached by the parliament in December, 2016 on allegations that her confidante Choi Soon-sil exerted influence on national affairs without any position in the administration as she was seeking to extort money from conglomerates, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Choi Soon-Sil (C), a longtime friend of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court from a prison before Park's trial in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2017. Choi stood accused of influence-peddling. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Middle and high school students attend a rally demanding South Korean President Park Geun-hye's resignation in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 5, 2016, a day after President Park said she will accept an investigation over a corruption scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon-sil. Tens of thousands of people marched in central Seoul after a rally as they demanded Park's resignation over a corruption scandal involving Choi who allegedly meddled in state affairs and pursued unlawful benefits for herself, local media reported. The Police said about 43,000 people gathered while organizers of the rally said about 150,000 people attended the rally. Signs read,"Park Geun-hye resign". Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a protest demanding resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 19, 2016. About 1 million people attended a candlelight rally across South Korea on Saturday to demand resignation of President Park, whose longtime friend Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries allegedly meddled in a variety of state affairs. Choi was arrested on charges of fraud and abuse of power early November, local media reported. President Park is suspected of having played a part in the corruption and influence-peddling scheme involving Choi and her key aides, prosecutors said on November 20, 2016 according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a protest demanding resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 19, 2016. About 1 million people attended a candlelight rally across South Korea on Saturday to demand resignation of President Park, whose longtime friend Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries allegedly meddled in a variety of state affairs. Choi was arrested on charges of fraud and abuse of power early November, local media reported. President Park is suspected of having played a part in the corruption and influence-peddling scheme involving Choi and her key aides, prosecutors said on November 20, 2016 according to local media. Signs read,"Park Geun-hye resign". Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a candle-lit protest calling for resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 26, 2016. Organizers said about 1.9 million people joined in the protest across the country on Saturday as parliament prepares to impeach President Park after state prosecutors accused her of being an accomplice in the influence-peddling and corruption scandal linked to her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-Soo (L) and presidential front-runner Moon Jae-In of Democratic Party of Korea stand together on a stage as they make a vow with other presidential candidates to build up safe country during an event marking the third anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster in Ansan, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Apr 16, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. South Korea's presidential election will be held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-Soo (R) and presidential front-runner Moon Jae-In of Democratic Party of Korea after they made a vow on a stage with other presidential candidates to build up safe country during an event marking the third anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster in Ansan, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Apr 16, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. South Korea's presidential election will be held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korea's presidential front-runner Moon Jae-In of Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), attends a campaign in central Seoul, South Korea, May 8, 2017. South Korea's presidential election will be held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People greet Moon Jae-In (C), South Korea's presidential front-runner of Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) as he arrives to cast a ballot at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 9, 2017. South Koreans cast their ballots on Tuesday at 13,964 polling stations across the country to elect a new President who will lead the country for five years. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korea's presidential front-runner Moon Jae-In (2nd L, front) of Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) walks together with family members of victims of Sewol ferry disaster after an event marking the third anniversary of the ferry disaster in Ansan, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Apr 16, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. South Korea's presidential election will be held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A participant holds a sign and a flower during "Stay Still" silent march against what they insist, lax response of President Park Geun-hye's government after the Sewol ferry was sunken in waters off the southwestern island of Jindo on April 16, 2014, on the street in Seoul, May 10, 2014. Signs read,"Stay still", pasquinading captain of Sewol, who was broadcasting a message for passengers to wait until further notice, when the ferry was sinking, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • People hold signs and flowers during their "Stay Still" silent march against what they insist, lax response of President Park Geun-hye's government after the Sewol ferry was sunken in waters off the southwestern island of Jindo on April 16, 2014, on the street, Seoul, South Korea, May 10, 2014. Signs read,"Stay still", pasquinading captain of Sewol, who was broadcasting a message for passengers to wait until further notice, when the ferry was sinking, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • People hold signs containing names of victims of Sewol ferry disaster as they stage a silent protest on the eve of the third anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster in Seoul, South Korea, Apr 15, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. The Sewol was built in Japan in 1994 and it was decommissioned ship already when South Korea imported it from Japan in late 2012. South Korean government led by at the time President Lee Myung-Bak increased the maximum ship age from 20 to 30 years in 2009 as part of a drive to relax regulations, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korea's Coast Guard vessels escort semi-submersible ship Dockwise White Marlin carrying Sewol Ferry en route to Mokpo New Port in Mokpo, about 311 km (193 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea, Mar 31, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sailed into the port on Friday, about three years after it sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. Authorities will search for the bodies of nine missing and look into the wreck to find cause of the sinking. The Sewol was built in Japan in 1994 and it was decommissioned ship already when South Korea imported it from Japan in late 2012. South Korean government led by at the time President Lee Myung-Bak increased the maximum ship age from 20 to 30 years in 2009 as part of a drive to relax regulations, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen while people attend mass in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 1, 2017. Wednesday marked the 98th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement which took place in 1919 against Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910-45. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Miniatures of the Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, are displayed at a plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 14, 2017, during an event to mark the memorial day for the victims, which falls on August 14, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen after the Wednesday Rally against Japanese government to demand official apology from Tokyo, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Oct 11, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korean peace activists rally against visiting U.S. President Donald Trump near the presidential Blue House where the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Trump was being held in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 7, 2017. Trump arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov 7 on a state visit, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 25 years. He will leave to China on Wednesday, Nov 8 after giving a special speech at the South Korean parliament, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 24 years. The two leaders agreed to completely remove the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles and discuss South Korea's introduction of nuclear-powered submarines and other advanced weapons, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korean peace activists rally against visiting U.S. President Donald Trump near the presidential Blue House where the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Trump was being held in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 7, 2017. Trump arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov 7 on a state visit, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 25 years. He will leave to China on Wednesday, Nov 8 after giving a special speech at the South Korean parliament, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 24 years. The two leaders agreed to completely remove the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles and discuss South Korea's introduction of nuclear-powered submarines and other advanced weapons, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Won Sei-hoon (R), former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (NIS) walks to get on a bus heading to a prison, at a court compound in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 30, 2017. The Seoul High Court on Wednesday sentenced Won to four years in prison, finding him guilty of meddling in the 2012 presidential election of South Korea through a covert cyber operation, local media reported. The former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon led the NIS from 2009 to 2013 and he is the close confidant of former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Squatters are seen on top of a building engulfed in flames where other squatters were protesting as police in a container box approach to suppress them in Seoul early January 20, 2009. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Police stand guard as anti-G8 summit protesters demonstrate in Sobetsu town, near the venue of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 9, 2008. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (JAPAN) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Rescue workers carry a victim's body from the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (JAPAN) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The bodies of victims are covered by blankets at a village destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (JAPAN) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A woman (L) and her maternal aunt cry at a shelter as they reunite for the first time after an earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The eldest daughter of Korean airlines (KAL) Chairman Cho Yang-ho and former vice president of KAL, Cho Hyun-ah appears at Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board of Transportation Ministry in Seoul, December 12, 2014. The Accident Investigation Board summoned Cho on Friday to question for ordering a crew member to leave a plane over an alleged breach of snack-serving protocol at John F. Kennedy airport in New York City on December 5, 2014, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • Ssangyong Motor's managerial officers and management-backed employees unaffected by the layoff plan enter the worksite as fired unionised workers try to block them with steel bars at the company's plant in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km (40 miles) south of Seoul, June 26, 2009. About 1,000 unionised workers at the automaker have been on strike since May 21, demanding management keep the assembly line workforce at current levels in a self-rescue plan the company is devising under a court order. The carmaker has called for more than 1,000 workers to be laid off, triggering protests from the labour union. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Policemen use a water cannon to block protesters trying to march toward Gwanghwamun gate near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, April 18, 2015. About 30,000 people (8,000 people by police estimate) demonstrated on April 18, two days after the first anniversary of Sewol ferry tragedy to demand that the government hold a thorough investigation into the tragedy and President Park Geun-Hye resign. The police detained about 100 people during the protest. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • Policemen use pepper spray to workers trying to march toward the presidential Blue House in Seoul, May 1, 2015. Tens of thousands of workers held a rally on May Day in Seoul to oppose the government's plans to change the pension system for public servants and to allow more flexible labour market. They also demanded a thorough investigation into the Sewol ferry tragedy and the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. The police detained dozens of protesters. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • A college student shouts slogans from a police bus after he was detained by the police during a sit-in demonstration on a street in central Seoul September 29, 2011. College students demonstrated to demand that President Lee Myung-Bak fulfill his presidential election pledge to cut tuition fees by half and provide solutions for youth unemployment. The police said about 2,500 people attended the demonstration. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People bid farewell as a hearse carrying a coffin containing the body of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun moves on a street during the funeral for Roh in Seoul May 29, 2009. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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