Heo Se-uk

Heo Se-uk (Korean: 허세욱; 19532007) 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

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