clarifications...

just been pointed out by nara ^_^ that I've been using too many acronyms... So here's my blogger imitation of Big L a la "Ebonics."

UPI is United Press International, AFP is Agence France Presse and AP is Associated Press.
vop is the voice of the people and r on r is release on recognizance.

sorry I haven't been linking some things that might be new to ppl. I'm new to this blogging game.

So it turns out that for all these years, I had the wrong concept of what an R on R was. the eight had NOT been R on R'ed, but released. You learn something new every day.

english coverage of 14.

there is in fact english coverage... UPI picked it up. But I haven't heard about UPI in a minute, are they getting crushed by AFP and AP?

11 freed, three can go back to Korea on bail

just read vop- all 11 Koreans are going back to Korea on the thirteenth, the head of the transportation and services union is being framed as the leader, and 8 people were r&r'ed for participating in a rally without a permit. the camera dude and one other couldn't be released bc the police insists they have footage of them engaged in violence. anyway, the court dates are set for March 1 and 7th. ChangKeun Lee, who some of us met in 2002, are framing this as a victory that HK police was out of line and held people without a reason.

chamsesang reports that the bail is set for the three at 30,000 hong kong dollars. (about $12,000 US.)

I haven't seen any reports in the US mainstream media yet, after a cursory search.

on an unrelated note, songhwan, (repatriation) is out on dvd.