Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB of violence; MASSOB's leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, was arrested in 2005 and detained on treason charges; he was released in 2007. MASSOB also championed the release of oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who faced similar charges at the time. In 2009, MASSOB launched "the Biafran International Passport" in response to persistent demand by Biafrans in the diaspora. MASSOB agitates for a Republic of Biafra comprising the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria; though Uwazuruike has stated in interviews that the Niger Deltans "can have their own republic." The group's philosophy is hinged on the principle of non-violence as propagated by Mahatma
1970 in South Korea 1970 in South Korea Events from the year 1970 in South Korea. There were a lot of things that happened in 1970 in South Korea. It just got over a major war with the north only 15 years ago. Right now in 1970 South Korea is still a developing country mostly made up of rice farmers. It was harder back then for them to develop because they are isolated on a peninsula next to one of the most dangerous country's in the world. Because of the hard times a lot of people left Korea to new promises like America or