HOLDING A BURNING JAPANESE NATIONAL FLAG, A SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTER SHOUTS SLOGANS IN FRONT OF JAPANESE EMBASSY IN SEOUL. Holding a burning Japanese national flag, South Korean protester Hong Jeong-sik shouts anti-Japan slogans in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul May 14, 2001. Hong was protesting against controversial middle school history text book of Japan, which critics say justifies Japan's wartime atrocities. The characters on his chest reads, "Civic campaign to boycott Japanese products".

HOLDING A BURNING JAPANESE NATIONAL FLAG, A SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTER SHOUTS SLOGANS IN FRONT OF JAPANESE EMBASSY IN SEOUL. Holding a burning Japanese national flag, South Korean protester Hong Jeong-sik shouts anti-Japan slogans in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul May 14, 2001. Hong was protesting against controversial middle school history text book of Japan, which critics say justifies Japan's wartime atrocities. The characters on his chest reads, "Civic campaign to boycott Japanese products".

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