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South Korea: Protest Against Police Violence at Yongsan

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 @ 09:07 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

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Countries:: South Korea
Topics:: Development, Disaster, Humanitarian, Protest, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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Corée du sud : Manifestation contre la violence policière à Yongsan...

CINA posts photos of a protest against police violence at Yongsan. The police action in the redevelopment zone on 20 of January had resulted in the death of 5 residents who were protesting against a forced eviction.

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