(this is a post that I actually put together a week ago, showing just how late I have been).I'm back in Seoul, just arrived three days ago. For now I am staying with a friend in Mok-Deung, which is about twenty minutes from the center of Seoul. I've spent my time here so far settling in at my university and looking for a homestay, preparing for a year in a foreign country takes a lot more paperwork than you might think.
I managed to attend a big protest at the Seoul City Hall Plaza yesterday, having missed out on the American beef protests I felt like I owed it to myself to see some kind of demonstration. Korean Buddhists are upset after a number of incidents involving the current administration that indicate a bias against their religion. I've read about the perceived bias and I think it sounds pretty concocted, but it made for a bang-up protest.
I emerged from the subway entrance by the protest and was suddenly in a sea of monks and elderly Koreans.
The New York Times also covered the protest, they have a great picture of the actual monks who were praying at the center of the crowd. here
