Hangul 허세욱 Name Heo Se-uk McCune–Reischauer Ho Se-uk | Revised Romanization Heo Se-uk Hanja 許世旭 Died April 15, 2007 | |
Heo Se-uk (1953–2007) (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, despite serious burns on 63% of his body. He finally succumbed to a septic infection on April 15.
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