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A few days ago the S. Korean labour movement, joined by large parts of the civil society, announced that the "3rd Hope Bus Tour" to support the ongoing struggle of the workers at Busan's Hanjin shipyard will take place on the 30th of July...
 

And just a moment later the S.K. gov't "promised" a new, possibly aggravated wave of POLICE TERROR against the planned solidatity activities in Busan!!

 
Yesterday's (bourgeois) Korea Times reported the following: 

Police warn of crackdown on 'Hope Bus' ralliers
 

The nation’s police chief pledged Monday to crack down on illegal activities of outside supporters of labor activist Kim Jin-suk who is holding a sit-in against layoffs at a giant crane at the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC).

In an apparent warning, National Police Agency Commissioner General Cho Hyun-oh said, “Disputes between laborers and management don’t usually reach their worst stage unless there is intervention from a third party.”

His remarks came about a week after 7,000 citizens and labor activists from across the nation went to the shipyard in Busan to hold another rally in support of Kim and other striking workers. They traveled to the shipyard in 185 buses and other vehicles in what they called a “Hope Bus” campaign.

Kim has been holed up at the 35-meter-point of a giant crane at the shipyard for almost 200 days, calling for the withdrawal of a massive layoff plan. The supporters plan to hold a third “Hope Bus” rally on July 30.

On the second rally on July 10, thousands of supporters of Kim violently clashed with riot police.

“What are we supposed to do when some 7,000 protesters tried to break the police line and get inside the shipyard? That’s illegal. If the police had ignored that, it would simply mean the police have no reason to exist,” Cho said.

During their second round of the campaign, thousands of protesters marched from Busan Station to the shipyard, occupying eight-lane roads and attempted to enter the shipyard.

During the clashes, police used water cannons and tear gas to prevent thousands of supporters gaining access to the shipyard. Protesters and civic groups claimed the police used toxic chemicals which can severely harm to people (*)...

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/07/116_91133.html

* Related report in yesterday's Hankyoreh:
☞ Hope Bus participants exposed to chemicals added to water canons