Rethinking young Anti-Americanism in South Korea

• Published in: The Anti-American Century p. 77
• Main Authors: Bong, Youngshik, Moon, Katharine H. S
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Hungary Central European University Press 2007
• Edition: NED - New edition, 1
• Subjects: Anthropology; Armed conflict; Asian studies; Astronomical objects; Astronomy; Behavioral sciences; Cold wars; Comparative politics; Development studies; East Asian politics; East Asian studies; Ethnography; Ethnology; Globalization; History; International agreements; International alliances; International cooperation; International development; International disputes; International military cooperation; International politics; International relations; Japanese culture; Japanese studies; Korean culture; Korean studies; Military alliances; Military science; Natural satellites; Physical sciences; Political activism; Political processes; Political protests; Political science; Political sociology; Politics; Social sciences; Sociology; War; Eastern and Central Europe; United States; Carabean; communitarianism; socialism; Balkans; Latin America; anti-Americanism; South Korea; Southeast Asia; pro-Americanism; economic cultures; European Union; antisemitism; capitalism; communism
• ISBN: 9789637326806; 9637326804

In December, 2002, a U.S. court martial of two servicemen who had been charged with driving an armored vehicle over two Korean school girls and causing their death found the defendants not guilty. This decision triggered the outbreak of a widespread and intense anti-American protest movement in the republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea). more than two hundred thousand citizens participated in a series of daily candlelight vigils in front of the U.S. embassy building near the city hall of Seou...