Black Lives Matter: for Koreans, an uncomfortable reminder that racial discrimination is still legal

As South Korea marked its 65th Memorial Day on Saturday a crowd of 150 people marched along the streets of the nation’s capital of Seoul.Pedestrians turned to stop and stare as the column continued along its 1.2km route through the shopping district of Myeongdong, the crowd chanting and waving pickets as it went.But the marchers were not celebrating the countless servicemen who had given their lives in conflicts such as the Battle of Bongoh Town and the Korean war.Instead, they were expressing…

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