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A rally was held in downtown Seoul today to commemorate Shin Hyo-sun and Shim Mi-seon, middle school girls who were hit by an American armored car in 2002.
The Confederation of Trade Unions held a workers’ convention at Sejong-daero in Jung-gu, Seoul around 3 pm on the same day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hyo-sun and Mi-sun, and argued for the re-establishment of unequal Korea-U.
“Today, 20 years following the Hyo-sun and Mi-sun incidents, peace in Northeast Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, is facing a more serious crisis than ever,” said Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the KCTU.
“Let’s start the struggle to stop the runaway of the Yun Seok-yeol administration, which sympathizes with the U.S. strategy of establishing an outpost on the Korean Peninsula, and to demand the re-establishment of unequal Korea-U.S. relations,” he said.
The Hyo-sun and Mi-seon incident occurred on June 13, 2002, on a national highway in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, where Shin Hyo-sun and Shim Mi-sun, who were in their second year of middle school at the time, were hit and killed by an American armored vehicle.
The acquittal of the American soldier who drove the vehicle at the time drew public outrage, which later led to a nationwide candlelight vigil.