Un chief calls for calm and communication in koreas as violence erupts

Un chief calls for calm and communication in koreas as violence erupts

A spokesman for the Korean Central News Agency reported that President Park Geun-hye called for the «silence of all groups» and the exchange of information, despite the latest unrest. The police, they said, would continue their regular efforts to prevent the violence.

South Korean police officers stand in front of a burning vehicl바카라사이트e during protests in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Korean opposition leader Ahn Cheol-soo demanded that the government intervene to help calm tensions.

Police fired tear gas, water cannon and used stun grenades to disperse several dozen pr바카라사이트otesters, a police source told Reuters. A military helicopter hovered above.

Park appeared on TV later to tell the country to «come back home,» and urged the country’s military to defend itself. The leader 카지노 사이트also urged the people to speak up for their democratic ideals when there were protests by «terrorists», and to not resort to violence.

The head of the United States-based UN human rights office said the violence looked «like a natural response to political crisis».

«Violence is inevitable because the system is broken and citizens don’t have their own interests being protected,» said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, director of the Special Rapporteur for the rights of the former Yugoslavia.

A Reuters correspondent at the protest site said protesters waved placards saying, «Go back home» and «No to dictatorship.» Several people carried signs that read «Stop war, democracy and racism.»

A policeman talks on his cellphone near burned vehicles during riots in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Park’s office told reporters late on Saturday that she had instructed the government to crack down on those spreading the anti-government movement as part of a larger nationwide campaign aimed at cracking down on corruption, illegal gambling and illegal tourism.

The President’s office said on Sunday that Park met with foreign and regional leaders at the sidelines of the UNGA.

«We must continue to work with the international community to put an end to anti-democratic sentiments,» said a White House statement on Park’s actions.

The UNGA, one of only a few human rights forums in the world, was scheduled to convene on Monday amid criticism of Park’s policies from all sides, with Park calling for calm and saying she was deeply committed to the United Nations as the world’s chief law enforcement organizatio