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Last Saturday - Another Day of State Terror in S.K.

Before yesterday thousands of people in Seoul wanted to celebrate the first anniversary of the latest Candlelight Mass Protests. The planned "event" was organized by around 50 civic groups, political parties, labour and resistance organizations.

But (surprise, surprise!!) the police did not allow the demonstration to take place, and deployed 13,000 riot cops to block the rally. In response, hundreds of citizens and activists moved to the Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall and occupied the “Hi Seoul Festival” stage, leading the Seoul city gov't to cancel the festival.

At least from that point on the riot cops attacked with massive violence any movement of the protesters, injured many of them and arrested about 140 people (today's Korea Times reported 240 arrests!).

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MUST SEE! An impressive video documentary about the "event", produced by "Hong Gil-dong.."