SUBMITTED BY Nicole
December 12, 2002 — A boycott of the latest Bond film is being planned in South Korea due to claims that the country is portrayed as a U.S. colony. The boycott call, being spread via online chat rooms and e-mail, comes amid widespread anger over the acquittals of two U.S. soldiers involved in the road deaths of two Korean girls. One scene from "Die Another Day" that has drawn anger shows a U.S. intelligence ordering the mobilization of the South Korean army. "Have we become a U.S. colony?" a protester of the movie wrote on the web site of the Coalition for Economic Justice, a major civic group in Seoul. "Let's boycott the movie to protect our national pride." Click on the link to read more.
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