In South Korea, thousands rallied on Sunday in Seoul to protest the Bush administration’s hardline policy towards North Korea. The demonstrators blamed the United States for ratcheting up tension that could cause war on the Korean peninsula. They demanded the U.S. broker a peaceful resolution to the North Korea nuclear issue.

• Han Sang-ryol, leader of the Association for Unification: “The United States should have direct negotiations with North Korea for maintaining peace. The U.S. should abandon its supremacy policy for the peace of the international community and the Korean peninsula”.