The Constitutional Court in Seoul’s Jongno District has a parasol set up outside so that protestors have somewhere to stay out of the sun. Court president Park Han-chul, who formerly headed the public security division at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, drew major attention when he ordered it to be put up in May 2013, a month after he took office. It seemed a fitting gesture of consideration by an institution that is supposed to serve as a bulwark of human rights.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:04:32 +0000