Heo Se-uk

Heo Se-uk (Korean: 허세욱; 1953–2007) 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,[1] despite serious burns on 63% of his body. He finally succumbed to a septic infection on April 15.[2]

Heo Se-uk
Died15 April 2007 Edit this on Wikidata
Heo Se-uk
Hangul
허세욱
Hanja
許世旭
Revised RomanizationHeo Se-uk
McCune–ReischauerHŏ Se-uk

See also

References
  1. "FTA protestor who immolated himself in serious condition". bilaterals.org. April 3, 2007.
  2. "Man who immolated himself in protest of FTA dies". The Hankyoreh. April 16, 2007.
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