Riot police break up a sit-in by anti-THAAD protesters in Seongju, some 215 km southeast of Seoul, on April 23, 2018. (Yonhap)
Construction vehicles made it into the base of the United States THAAD anti-missile system in southeastern South Korea on Monday after riot police removed protesters blocking the road to oppose THAAD’s deployment.
Twenty-two vehicles carrying construction materials, equipment and workers entered the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense base in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, from around 11:20 a.m. as part of a project to build facilities for troops manning the unit.
Their entrance came about three hours after riot police began removing about 200 residents and activists occupying the Jinbat bridge in a sit-in aimed at preventing the vehicles’ passage. About 3,000 riot police were mobilized to break up the protest.
Scuffles and shoving matches broke out as police moved in. Protesters resisted by inserting their arms into plastic pipes in an attempt to tie themselves together to make it difficult for police to carry them away. They also chanted slogans, such as “Out with violent police.”
About 10 people were injured during the clash, with five or six of them taken to a hospital. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but it appears from the article that it was pretty easy for the police to open the road. I wonder if the anti-US leftist groups did not send their manpower down to Seongju to put up a fight with the police because of this week’s Kim-Moon summit?
Protesters resist police by putting their arms into plastic pipes in an attempt to tie themselves together during a sit-in in Seongju, some 300 km southeast of Seoul, on April 23, 2018. (Yonhap)
I think it’s more like the protestors in CH’s video were on a roll…
Flyingsword
6 years ago
First day they should have re-activated the Airborne Division and taken care of the communist infiltration problem there in Seongju.
Flyingsword
6 years ago
correction, the 7th Airborne Brigade!
AppeasingNorthKorea
6 years ago
The Gyeongbuk Police chief says there are only about 30 Seongju residents involved in the protest. Most of the protestors came from outside Seongju with a good chance that most of them are members of Korea Trade Union and other leftist organizations.
J6Junkie
6 years ago
Some jail time would do them some good but KNP only arrest former presidents and rich people. NOT Commies.
About damn time.
Well.
It was a crap week for me.
They didn’t hire my protester removal consulting firm.
They didn’t buy any of my Protester-B-Cool sticks.
And one of my in-house training tapes leaked to the intetnet.
https://youtu.be/-wa4U6TQlNI
CH is on a roll this morning.
😆
I think it’s more like the protestors in CH’s video were on a roll…
First day they should have re-activated the Airborne Division and taken care of the communist infiltration problem there in Seongju.
correction, the 7th Airborne Brigade!
The Gyeongbuk Police chief says there are only about 30 Seongju residents involved in the protest. Most of the protestors came from outside Seongju with a good chance that most of them are members of Korea Trade Union and other leftist organizations.
Some jail time would do them some good but KNP only arrest former presidents and rich people. NOT Commies.