Some 16 entertainers including comedienne Kim Mi-hwa, screen actor Choi Min-sik, singer Kwon Jin-won and director Bak Chan-uk, held a press conference in front of the US Embassy in Gwanghwamun, Friday afternoon representing the entertainment industry's position on a non-guilty verdict in the USFK vehicle accident that killed two Korean girls, and demanded a Status Of Forces Agreement revision and a formal, official apology by President George W. Bush.

Filmmakers Ryu Seung-wan and Bak shaved their heads as an act of protest, and another director Kim Ji-wun, who could not attend the press conference due to shooting schedule, simultaneously shaved his head on location in Yangsuri, Gyeonggi Province. After the interview, the group marched to the nearby Citizens Square and visited Catholic priests on the fifth day hunger strike against the US military presence in Korea.

Buddhists, who recently formed a commission to protest crimes by US soldiers in Korea, also gathered in the square and held a traditional ceremony to pray for the revision of SOFA and repentance of the USFK for the second consecutive day, and the candlelight memorial rally continued for the seventh day.

Donghae City Council in Gangwon Province adopted a resolution demanding reinvestigation into the tragic death of two girls and strict punishment of those who were responsible for the accident. (Youm Kang-su, ksyoum@chosun.com )