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* The Duriban building (aka "Little Yongsan") is an occupied house in Seoul's Hongdae district(**).

A part of the building used to be a Korean food restaurant run by a couple, but then the gov't announced the notorious "redevelopment plan" and the "construction mafia" (supported by the municipality/district office) bought the designated area and the land price went up by 10 folds and the poor tenants like the restaurant woman and her husband had to leave the building with nothing because the new owner of the land sent gansters and thugs to kick out them, like tens of thousands other poor people in Seoul.

After several days - it was the early morning of Dec 26, 2009 - the couple decided to occupy the whole building and started a sit-in struggle.

April 3 marked the 100th day of the sit-in struggle and the resistance is still going on.

** Subway line No. 2, Hongik Univ Stn(exit No. 4) --> 100 m straight ahead to the "redevelopment" zone --> Duriban B/D