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Re: [97attendees] Protests in Seoul

Robert Moskowitz <rgm@labs.htt-consult.com> Sun, 06 November 2016 00:31 UTC

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Except for those of us trying to get to the airport during them. We 
needed police assisting our driver to get his car away from the hotel.  
Took us over 20 min to get to the freeway...


Bob


On 11/05/2016 06:12 PM, Margaret Cullen wrote:
> 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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