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Monday, May 22, 2006

Kowtowing to Red China
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has for years been denied a visa to visit South Korea, a fact to which this protesting monk calls attention:


    The Ven. Gwisan stages a one-man protest near Cheong Wa Dae calling for the government to approve the visit of the Dalai Lama next month. The government has rejected visa applications from the Tibetan spiritual leader to avoid diplomatic friction with China.
The sign begins: "Human Rights President Roh Moo-hyun, Allow the Dalai Lama to Visit Korea." [I cannot think of a good tranlation for nunchi, so will leave the end untranslated.]

Buddhism is, after Christianity, South Korea's second most professed religion.

[text and image from National - May. 22, 2006]