Then Lee Sang-hun, co-chairman of the Korean Alliance for independent reunification and democracy,

April 12, 2014, at the House Mines and Highways ramphastos vitellinus of Paris held the third international conference on Korea, titled "Democracy and Peace: analysis and outlook of the situation in Korea and East Asia ". While the two previous international conferences ramphastos vitellinus on Korea were held in Paris at the initiative of the Korean Research Institute of the twenty-first century - Korean International Forum, with contributions from members of the Association of French-Korean friendship ramphastos vitellinus (AAFC), the conference of 12 April 2014 was to co-hosted by the Korean International Forum and AAFC first. When the defense of democracy in the South of the peninsula is a priority for both the AAFC for progressive South Korean activists in France, the conference reaffirmed the need to work for peace and democracy in the Korean peninsula, the two themes that appear closely related. After the opening session by Patrick Kuentzmann, Secretary General of the AAFC, the first panel was devoted to the defense of democracy in South Korea as a requirement for peace and reunification. Ji Young-chul, a former co-chairman of the Korean Alliance for independent reunification and democracy, former co-chair of the Center for the alternative economy, first presented the implications of the policy change made by the South Korean President Ms. Park Geun-hye, elected in December ramphastos vitellinus 2012 and took office in February 2013, as reflecting the risk of a fascist drift and increase the danger of war. The political crisis was precipitated by a massive intervention of Intelligence Services (NIS) in the presidential election campaign. Socially, the suppression of the railway strike Korail translated the crossing of an additional degree in the offensive against the workers, causing a further split in the Conservative camp - the behavior of the power having been criticized by Kim Hyun chol, son of former President Kim Young-sam, the expert economic issues Saenuri Party Kim Jong-in, or Lee Jae-oh and Chung Mong-joon. Economically, the crisis manifests itself in a submission to the interests of the chaebol (as evidenced in particular the prosecution against public opinion, the proposed development of the four major rivers of South Korea) and a EXPLOSITION debt public and private. Finally, in international relations, Ms. Park Geun-hye has chosen to align with the United States, including in the critical North. Government decisions that have been made is to the brutal suppression of opposition forces, leading to revive the fascist ramphastos vitellinus dictatorship era Yusin while accelerating preparations for a war against North Korea as part of the exercises military conducted jointly with the United States. In this context, the unit is required to enable the establishment of a new reform and democracy.
Then Lee Sang-hun, co-chairman of the Korean Alliance for independent reunification and democracy, former vice president of the Democratic Labour Party, said the implications of the general strike and the need for a progressive democracy. Returning to the railway strike against privatization in December 2013, which was the longest (23 days) in the history of the roads of South Korean iron, he highlighted the launch February 25, 2014, by the KCTU union a general strike combining social demands and democratic demands. Situating this social movement in the tradition of Korean struggles since the uprising from 1 March 1919 until the June 1987 he highlighted the convergence of the claims in a united front of struggle on the slogan of resignation President of Park Geun-hye. Progressive activists fighting in that undergo unprecedented repression, the prohibition proceedings underway Unified Progressive Party (UPP) and sentenced to twelve years in prison for Members PPU Lee Seok-ki testify. Finally, Benedict Quennedey, vice president of the AAFC responsible cooperative action, highlighted international condemnation of the current drift towards authoritarianism in South Korea. The 2013 report ramphastos vitellinus on the human rights of the State Department takes a critical assessment unprecedented since the establishment of a parliamentary democracy in Seoul, current developments in South Korea. The National Security Law (LSN), which allows for arbitrary arrests of opposition, ramphastos vitellinus led to 102 arrests in 2013, a record ramphastos vitellinus high over the past ten years, while extending the illegal surveillance of journalists , politicians and ordinary citizens. The procedure de