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From APEC to WTO: Trajectories of Protest in Korea and East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Jamie Doucette  and
Owen Miller
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Angry protests in Busan, South Korea during an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference there in November have alarmed Hong Kong police preparing for a mid-December World Trade Organization ministerial conference. Hong Kong police fear that the some of the groups who showed up to protest APEC may also bring strident street protests to Hong Kong. This article examines some of the trajectories of protest apparent at the APEC events by looking more closely at the national and international dynamics of Korean activism, revealing growing coordination between workers, farmers and anti-war activists, and the implications for the Hong Kong meeting.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 12 , December 2005 , e13
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Notes

[1] Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice. “Withdraw the rice negotiation and reconsider the process.” CCEJ website 11 January 2005.

[2] Kim To-gyun, et al., “Kungmin taehoe mamuri… kyongch'al, swaep'aip'u tulgo chinap.” [As the citizen's rally comes to an end. police attack with steel pipes.] Minjung ui sori, 18 November 2005.

[3] Hong Kong police official Alfred Ma, quoted in “Hong Kong urges Korean protestors to behave at WTO meeting.” Chosun Ilbo, 23 November 2005.

[4] KCTU Report on Recent Situation of Labour Laws and Industrial Relations For the Meeting with OECD Mission 18th January, 2005.

[5] Korea Herald (2005.04.15)

[6] Kim Kwang-il. “Sam man myong i pusi wa ap'ek e pandaehae haengjinhada.” [30,000 march to oppose Bush and APEC.] Ta Hamkke 68, 26 November 2005.

[7] “1 ch'a kungmin taehoe mamuri.” [The first citizen's rally comes to an end.] Ch'am sesang, 18 November 2005.

[8] Kim To-gyun, et al., as above.

[9] Ra Un-yong, “Pan ap'ek t'ujaeng ui namgin kot.” [The legacy of the anti-APEC struggle.] Ch'am Sesang, 22 November 2005.

[10] Interview with Alan Chen, Chinaworker.org. 30 November 2005.

[11] Walden Bello, “Nothing to gain, everything to lose: Developing Country Prospects.” 25, November, 2005.