At this year's Korean Independence day [1], a Korean guy held a one-man protest at the Yasukuni shrine [2] in Japan, a symbolic and controversial place for worshiping war criminals from the Second World War. A net user living in Japan posted photos [3] of how the protester was being chased and beaten by numerous Japanese right wing groups and gangsters.
Korean Protester Being Chased and Beaten by Japanese Right Wing Groups and Gangsters
· Written by Lee Yoo Eun
Categories: East Asia, Japan, South Korea, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Relations, Photography, Politics, Protest, War & Conflict