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The 3rd "Bus of Hope" campaign: From y'day evening until today's early afternoon once again - despite the previous massive media-hyped counter-attacks/agitation - about 10,000 activists(according to intependend sources) from all over S. Korea gathered in Busan to support Kim Jin-suk's struggle against HHIC...

Today's (bourgeois) Korea Times reported the following about it:

'Hope Bus' rally ends without major clash

The third round of the “Hope Bus” campaign in Busan by progressive civic and labor groups opposing massive layoffs by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) ended Sunday morning without a major clash with the riot police.

According to the police, about 3,500 protesters from all over the country started gathering in the nation’s largest port city, Saturday to protest against the redundancies.

During the rally, participants expressed their opposition to the layoffs and support for female labor activist Kim Jin-suk, who has held a sit-in at the 35-meter-high point of a giant crane at the company’s shipyard.

Protesters have previously violently clashed with police, after they traveled to the shipyard in 185 buses and other vehicles in what they called Hope Bus campaign.

But participants in the third round rallied peacefully and continued in the form of an overnight cultural event. They dispersed voluntarily on Sunday morning.

Considering a deepening ideological division over the campaign, participants refrained from escalating it into a violent rally. They moved to Yeongdo, where the shipyard is located, by public transportation, instead of illegally occupying roads and marching together. They did not attempt to enter the shipyard.

Instead, they broke into small groups to enjoy a concert of independent bands, sang songs together and held a free speech event, participants said...

But there were minor clashes between protesters and an alliance consisting of conservative civic groups, employers’ groups and merchants in Busan who opposed the campaign.

About 300 alliance members blocked the Yeongdo Bridge to prevent the Hope Bus campaigners from entering Yeongdo. Some protestors and members of the alliance suffered minor injuries.

Even before the campaign, the alliance had denounced the rally, arguing busloads of protesters hurt the local economy and cause inconveniences to Busan residents. It also claimed that their protests make it more difficult to settle the seven-month dispute between the labor union and the management of HHIC.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/07/113_91951.html

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