Pro-Tibetan demo outside Chinese embassy
(27 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Group of Tibetans and South Koreans gathering near Chinese Embassy 2. Close-up of protester's face with "Stop killing" mask on 3. Close-up of Tibetan flag 4. Pan group 5. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Seol Oh, Korean Buddhist monk "Tibet is the country where people believe in Buddhism as they're born. In our Buddhist point of view, we have the duty of protecting the country. So the monks should not ignore this, but upraise and protect Tibet." 6. Close-up of a protester marching with Tibetan flag 7. Group marching on the street 8. Close-up of monk 9. Tilt down from flags to the group 10. Various of the group street marching 11. Tilt-down from a protester on a ladder to protester being wrapped with toilet paper 12. Close-up of the protester's face with ketchup on his body 13. Panning people laying on the ground 14. Close-up of a protester's face 15. A protester waving a large Tibetan flag 16. Tilt-down from Tibetan flags to protesters STORYLINE: Some 50 protesters, including several Tibetans and South Korean activists and monks, staged a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, urging the Chinese authorities to settle the "violent" riots in Tibet. Anti-government riots peaked in Lhasa on March 14, with protesters torching buildings and attacking ethnic Chinese. The Chinese government says 22 people were killed, while Tibetan exiles say the violence plus the harsh crackdown afterwards has left nearly 140 people dead. "In our Buddhist point of view, we have the duty of protecting the country. So the monks should not ignore this, but upraise and protect Tibet," Seol Oh, a Korean monk, said at the rally. A government-managed visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital backfired on Thursday when a group of Buddhist monks disrupted the tour, shouting that there was no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for Lhasa's recent violence. China rarely allows foreign reporters into Tibet under normal circumstances, so the media tour underscores the communist leadership's determination to contain any damage ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August that was supposed to celebrate China as a modern, rising power. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
