Protest updates

A number of videos from the November 30th-December 1st protests at Chinese embassies and consulates are now available on YouTube here. Although the protests were not numerically large — for that, you need a cause that’s widely supported by people without regular jobs — they took place in a much larger number of cities than previously, and they showed much more ambition in their use of street theater.
In front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, the North Korean Freedom Coalition staged a Chinese police response to any attempt to protest government policies, such as at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. There’s more on the right side of the screen, under “related videos.” But for symbolic value, this modestly attended memorial service at Seoul Station moved me the most (click for full size).

[Daily NK]

It makes a difference when the victims have faces.