Heo Se-uk

Infobox Korean name
hangul = 허세욱
hanja = 許世旭
rr = Heo Seuk
mr = Hŏ Seuk

Heo Se-uk ( _ko. 허세욱) was a 54-year-old South Korean labor union member and taxi driver who set himself ablaze on April 1, 2007 in Seoul to protest the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. He lived for two weeks after the incident, [ cite web
url= http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=7743
title= FTA protestor who immolated himself in serious condition
publisher= bilaterals.org
date= 3-04-2007 ] despite serious burns on 63% of his body. He finally succumbed to a septic infection on April 15. [ cite news
url= http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/203235.html
title= Man who immolated himself in protest of FTA dies
publisher= The Hankyoreh
date= April 16, 2007 ]

References

ee also

*Self-immolation

External links

* [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-04/02/content_841704.htm China Daily article]
* [http://nodong.org/bbs//view.php?id=eng_action&no=44 Announcement and suicide note/will]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/04/01/1175366074537.html Photo: Warning! Extremely graphic content]
* [http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/203235.html Tribute and obituary]