Seoul 'Black Lives Matter' protesters rally for end to racial discrimination
미국 조지 플로이드 시위, 한국 시민들도 동참해
Protests continue in the U.S., now more peacefully, against the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
The protests have spread worldwide, too, including here in Seoul this weekend.
Our Choi Won-jong was there.
The protesters on Saturday, many of them wearing black shirts, held signs in both Korean and English, calling for an end to racism.
More than 100 people have gathered here in Seoul to show their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and they are marching with one message - social justice.
"To support Black Lives Matter... because we are sick and tired of all the racism that goes on against. Especially, me as a black person, we are just sick and tired of what's going on."
The protestors were chanting phrases like Black Lives Matter and I Can't Breathe.
And though police were on the scene, they were able to make their voices heard without any interference.
The protesters are far from the state of Minnesota, where George Floyd was killed, but they say their movement is global.
"I mean at the end of your day racism is not a problem that's exclusive, and isolate to United States. I think it's a problem in humanity. It's something that needs to address globally."
"I hope we can build a world in which we can breathe. Even though we live in different countries, I think the world we want to live in is the same. We will work together and create a world free of discrimination."
In Korea, more than one-hundred 20 organizations signed a joint statement last Friday paying tribute to George Floyd and criticizing police brutality.
The government, however, has not yet made an official statement on them or the worldwide movement.
Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.
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