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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: SKorea's opposition downscales parliament sit-in AFP - 2 hours 10 minutes ago SEOUL (AFP) - - South Korea's main opposition party downscaled a sit-in at parliament on Monday after scuffles with security guards left dozens of people injured. The Democratic Party (DP) said it was also ready to negotiate a deal with the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) on ending the row -- primarily over a free trade agreement with the United States -- which has crippled the national assembly for weeks. About 150 security guards, acting on the order of Speaker Kim Hyung-O, moved Saturday to break up the sit-in by opposition legislators. DP members agreed to end the protest and remove a barricade at the entrance of the main parliamentary hall late Sunday after the speaker promised not to take further action until Thursday. But they refused to end their main sit-in inside the hall. The three-day scuffle left 53 security guards and two opposition legislators injured. Security guards handed 19 protesters from the minor Democratic Labor Party to police early Monday, on charges of violence. The row began on December 18 when the GNP began procedures to ratify the US-South Korean free trade agreement which was signed last year and awaits ratification by legislators. The opposition, which has 83 seats in the 299-member legislature compared with the GNP's 172, says South Korea should not ratify the pact before the US Congress does. Opposition lawmakers insist that the deal be given another review. The GNP sees the agreement as necessary to stimulate the slowing economy and argues that approval by Seoul will encourage the US Congress to move faster. South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and US President George W. Bush agreed during an April summit to push for approval of the FTA this year. For the US, the deal with South Korea would be its biggest since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. Some estimates say it could boost two-way trade, worth 78.4 billion dollars last year, by up to 20 billion dollars in coming years. However US president-elect Barack Obama has called the deal "badly flawed" and said it does too little to narrow a huge imbalance in the auto trade in Seoul's favour. South Korea has ruled out any renegotiation. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Sri Lanka troops keep up assault on last Tamil Tiger bases: armyAFP - 15 minutes ago India hands evidence on Mumbai attacks to Pakistan: ministerAFP - 22 minutes ago CORRECTED - CORRECTED-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks at 2-mth high as risk takinReuters - 33 minutes ago India gives Pakistan evidence over Mumbai attacksAP - 41 minutes ago Sri Lanka honors troops fighting rebelsAP - 1 hour 6 minutes ago Enlarge Photo SKorea's opposition downscales parliament sit-in Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed US steel industry in collapse, eyes government aid: report John Travolta's teenage son dies, autopsy planned Israeli army moves on Gaza City as war toll passes 510 Rare Bugatti untouched for 50 years could fetch millions: report France leads alarm over Gaza, splits with US View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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