Photos: Brawling Legislators in South Korea - TIME
- 2009-08-05 16:32:35
Fight Club
Though physical violence is not
unique to South Korean politics, the nation's legislators seem to have made a
specialty of it. From 2005 to 2008, the number of "parliamentary disorder
cases," as they are officially known, rose from five to 47.
Broken Furniture
Many of the bouts, like
July 22's melee over a media-industry reform bill, above, pit the currently
ruling Grand National Party (GNP) against its main opposition, the Democratic
Party.
Siege
In this epic 2008 standoff, the
Democratic Party stormed a committee room where members of the Grand National
Party had barricaded themselves so that they could vote without interference
from the opposition. The DP deputies were met with the blast of a fire
extinguisher but ultimately broke through with the help of a chain
saw.
An opposition leader takes a stand against the passage of reform bills.
You Shall Not
A Democratic Party member
tries to grab the gavel from the vice speaker of the Assembly during the July 22
fracas.
Filibuster
Grand National Party members
sleep during an occupation of the Assembly floor on New Year's Eve
2003.
Photos: Brawling Legislators in South Korea
Neck-Wringing
In a scene from the July 22
fracas, a member of the GNP goes mano a mano with a DP deputy.
The Ladies Get into It
Also on July 22,
Democrat Lee Jung-hee, center in white, is taken away by the women of the
GNP.
Blocking
The chamber's security guards (in
green ties) protect the vice speaker (blue tie) from an angry
legislator.
The combatants coalesce around the Assembly podium.
For the Team
Observers of Korean politics
say the nation's lawmakers would rather fight than switch votes. Says Andy
Jackson, a political columnist for the Korea Times, "The attitude is that
if you're not fighting, you're not trying."
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