S. Korean activists clamor for end to military exercise with U.S.

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S. Korean activists clamor for end to military exercise with U.S.

STORY: S. Korean activists clamor for end to military exercise with U.S. SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE TAE-HO, Rally participant STORYLINE: Dozens of South Korean peace activists on Wednesday clamored for an end to the Asian country's scheduled military exercise with the United States, which they said has served to escalate tensions on and around the Korean Peninsula. The activists gathered at a square across the street from the U.S. embassy in central Seoul to demand stopping the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise Freedom Shield (FS), which this year is set to last from March 4 to 14. Holding up banners and placards with the slogans "We want peace" and "Stop all military actions and hostilities that bring on war and restore dialogue channels", the participants shouted, "Stop the war-causing military action." SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE TAE-HO, Rally participant "There

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