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Occupy Seoul protests have begun

By Nathan Schwartzman Mon, Oct 24, 2011 3:07AM UTC View Comments

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests and the “we are the 99%” slogan, a group of labor and other organizations have begun Occupy Seoul (서울을 점령하라) protests. They are opposed to the KORUS FTA and support more regulation of financial firms. They have now held two 99%-theme protests....

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Australian riot police break up ‘Occupy’ protest

By AP News Fri, Oct 21, 2011 12:53PM UTC View Comments

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riot police in Australia’s second-largest city broke up a demonstration linked to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement Friday, after a group of around 100 people protesting corporate greed defied an order to vacate a plaza. Several members of the “Occupy Melbourne” group screamed and cried as police dragged and carried them...

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NKorea: Protests show capitalism is doomed

By AP News Tue, Oct 18, 2011 2:00PM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea is bragging about its socialist system, saying the Occupy Wall Street movement shows that people are fed up with capitalism’s ills. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that the worldwide protest movement was attributable to the “extremely acute socio-class contradictions” created after the global financial crisis...

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China: Occupy Wall Street’s issues worth thought

By AP News Mon, Oct 17, 2011 7:10PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign ministry says the Occupy Wall Street movement highlights issues that are worth considering. But spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular briefing Monday that debates generated by the protests on Wall Street should be conducive to global economic growth. Liu did not elaborate. The state-run Global Times newspaper says in...

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How about ‘Occupy Hong Kong’?

By Asia Sentinel Mon, Oct 17, 2011 12:40PM UTC View Comments

Resentment of the property oligarchs and the government means it’s not out of the question, reports Asia Sentinel Could the Occupy Wall Street movement take root in Hong Kong? It may seem improbable that resentment at a symbol of capitalism could flourish in this citadel of money-making. Unlike the US, unemployment has been falling, a...

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