Seoul Approves Trade Deal with U.S. ; Hasty Vote Angers Opposition Parties
The Washington Times › November 23, 2011
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Amid billowing tear gas, South Korea's ruling party rammed through parliament a free trade deal with the United States that had been in limbo since 2007.
The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was ratified after the conservative Grand National Party called a snap vote that caught the Democratic Party, the main opposition group, by surprise. The Grand National Party's majority ensured its victory.See the full content of this document
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Seoul Approves Trade Deal with U.S. ; Hasty Vote Angers Opposition Parties
TV news showed opposition lawmakers shouting, then Rep. Kim Seon- dong of the far-left Democratic Labor Party detonating a tear-gas canist...
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