미국 주류 언론의 대명사뿐만이 아니라 국제 여론 형성의 선두가 격인 CNN에서도 오늘, 국제 뉴스의 툽으로 페루에서의 정권 퇴진 시위, 그리고 중동에서 지속되는 긴장과 함께 아셈 회의와 그에 반대하는 시위대에 대해서 보도를 하더군요.... 제가 직접 본건 오늘 오후 5시 뉴스였는데, 회의장 내부의 스케치와 함께 오늘 오전 강남의 투쟁 영상이 나오더라구요....전경들과의 대치 장면 이.....cnn홈페이지에도 기사가 나와있습니다. 오후 집회에 대한 기사는 아직 없네요....밑에 붙입니다.... Police, anti-globalization protesters clash outside Asia-EU summit October 20, 2000 Web posted at: 3:05 PM HKT (0705 GMT) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Riot police battled stone-throwing protesters who wielded wooden sticks and shouted anti-globalization slogans amid demonstrations Friday during a gathering of Asian and European leaders. Some 400 protesters fought running street battles with about 1,000 police armed with yard-long batons who were blocking their march. At least three protesters were taken to hospital with injuries to the head and face. One protester was taken away in a police car. The protesters were among 3,000 labor, environmental and human rights activists who rallied at a major intersection to oppose the biennial summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, which brought together 25 leaders of Asian and European Union leaders to discuss closer cooperation between their regions. Activists expected the Seoul meeting to strengthen economic globalization, which they claim would restrict workers' rights and widen the gap between the rich and poor nations. Anti-globalization protests disrupted the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle last year. Violent demonstrations also marred last month's International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Prague, the Czech Republic. Organizers said they planned a larger demonstration later Friday expected to draw 20,000 people. Earlier in the day, police stopped a dozen activists from marching to the convention center. "Is this a country which has received a Nobel prize?" the protesters shouted as they were aggressively pushed away by riot police, armed with helmets, shields and meter-long batons. South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who received the Nobel Peace Prize last week for his policy of reaching out to North Korea, is the host of the third biennial summit seeking ways of strengthening political and economic cooperation. When stopped by police yards from the convention center, the labor, religious, environmental and human rights activists unfurled two large placards which read: "No to Neoliberal Globalization" and "No to Structural Adjustment Program." "Neoliberal" refers to the free market economic policies adopted by many of the countries in the region. "ASEM pursues neoliberal globalization, which is destroying the livelihood of workers, ecology and human rights," the protesters said in a statement. Authorities deployed 30,000 riot and plainclothes police in Seoul to safeguard the summit. Anti-terrorism police squads were seen patrolling around the convention center and hotels where the summit leaders were staying. Police also expected South Korean followers of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has been the target of a heavy crackdown by the Chinese government, to stage a protest during the summit due to the presence of Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji.