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Seoul: Pre-"Mayday" Repression

1. While the central "Mayday"(i.e. the Struggle Day of the Int'l Working Class) rally was planned to be held on Seoul City Hall Plaza only one day before SMPA banned any political gathering there and any other place in the downtown (e.g. Daehak-no, Cheonggye Plaza, Gwanghwamun etc). And KCTU, one of the main orgainizers of the "Mayday", obeyed! So the central rally will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Yeouido's Culture Park (i.e. in the boondocks!!).

2. Already today in the afternoon (KST) about 20 student activists who wanted to support the struggle of the Yongsan residents resisting the eviction (yesterday 100 days ago the Yongsan Massacre took place!) were arrested by the riot cops.

 
Possibly as a warning against any so-called "illegal" activities around the "Mayday"...

3. This - most likely - means that all tomorrow's "Mayday" activities will be confronted with a massive wave of oppression conducted by thousands of riot cops!

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