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Actor Jang Dong-gun Stages One-Man Protest against Screen Quota Cut

Actor Jang Dong-gun staged a one-man protest against the screen quota cut for domestic films, but had to move to another location due to about 2,000 of his fans rushing to see him. He started the protest in front of the Kyobo Building in Gwanghwamun, Seoul on Feb. 6 at 1:00 p.m., but stopped it in just three minutes due to a gathering crowd. Jang went into the building on his own. In the meantime, some of his fans fell down.

Jang resumed his one-man protest in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Yoido, Seoul at 2:30 p.m. He carried a picket sign reading, "Be friends of the screen quota. We'll fly the Taegukgi around the world". With stubble on his face, he wore a thick beige windbreaker. He said, "The screen quota should be seen not from an economic point of view, but from a cultural point of view".

The one-man protest is being carried out by a series of actors, with actor Choi Min-sik taking over for Jang on Feb. 7.

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