(Minghui.org) Practitioners held rallies in Seoul, Gwangju, Busan, and Jeju Island to mark the 24th anniversary of the April 25 Appeal. They called for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa.

Rally in front of the Chinese Embassy on April 25, 2023

Practitioners do the Falun Dafa exercises.

Despite the light rain, practitioners from the Seoul area gathered near Myeongdong, a street in central Seoul where the Chinese embassy is located. The rally started at noon. Practitioners stood along the street and did the exercises.

Citizens and tourists, including many tourists from China, stopped to watch. Some used their mobile phones to take photos of the group exercises.

Dr. Wu Seyeol, general secretary of the Falun Dafa Association in South Korea, reads out the statement in front of the Chinese Embassy on April 25, 2023.

Dr. Wu Seyeol, general secretary of the Falun Dafa Association in South Korea, said, “Falun Dafa practitioners, based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, have been clarifying the truth about the persecution in a peaceful way for 24 years, exposing the Party’s lies and protesting its violence. I hope that the persecution of Falun Dafa will end.”

According to recent reports from The Epoch Times, the British BBC, Australia’s SBS, Yahoo News, etc., a total of 44 people, including two leaders of Chinese pro-Communist groups in the United States of America, 40 CCP secret police officers, and two CCP cyberspace administration officials were prosecuted by the New York Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI hopes that more people will report such agents who work for the CCP.

Dr. Wu expressed the hope that more people would report such agents who work for the CCP.

Practitioners deliver the statement to the Chinese Embassy after the rally.

Similar events were held in Gwangju and Busan on the same day. Practitioners in the Hunan area of Gwangju read the introduction and statement in both Korean and Chinese in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Gwangju, then delivered it to the consulate’s mailbox.

Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Gwangju on April 25

Delivering the statement to the Chinese Consulate General in Gwangju after the rally

The police officers on duty at the rally greeted the practitioners during the event. Many passersby stopped to read the information on the banners, and many took leaflets.

Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Busan on April 25

On the same day, practitioners from Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, Gyeongnam, and other places commemorated the April 25th Appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Busan.

Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Jeju on April 24

Heavy rain was forecast in Jeju on April 25, so the rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General was held on the afternoon of April 24. A practitioner read out a statement and called for an end to the CCP’s persecution.