Re: [97attendees] Protests in Seoul

There was a huge, non-violent protest going on during one of the IETFs in San Francisco, and it caused no problems for the IETF, as I recall.  Hopefully the same will be true of peaceful protests in Seoul.  

Margaret

> On Nov 5, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Via Pesquet <via@compia.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi. I think the mass protest that happened on Saturday (Nov. 5 KST) was held at the Gwanghwamun Square.  It's a bit far from Conrad Hotel. You'd have to cross the Han River to get to the hotel from the square. There are smaller protests in other areas but I don't think it's something that we should worry about. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Via Pesquet
> Netpia
> 
>> On 5 Nov 2016, at 20:26, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Seoul is a capital cities. Protests against the government are a constant feature of most capital cities (South Korea’s neighbor to the north is an obvious exception).
>> 
>> I wouldn’t worry about it.
>> 
>> Yoav
>> 
>>> On 5 Nov 2016, at 11:25, Vinayak Hegde <vinayakh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I just read an article on Reuters about large scale protests at Seoul
>>> against the government. Does anyone know what areas these are
>>> affecting ? Are they likely to get violent or peter out by the time we
>>> meet ? Can someone from South Korea please comment.
>>> 
>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKCN12T08V
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Vinayak
>>> 
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