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Heo Se-uk (Korean: 허세욱) 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]
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- ^ FTA protestor who immolated himself in serious condition. bilaterals.org (3-04-2007).
- ^ "Man who immolated himself in protest of FTA dies", The Hankyoreh, Apr.16,2007.
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