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Today's Yohap News Agency reported in the morning(KST) that [S. Korea's]ruling party was seen striving to turn political attention to preparations for the upcoming cross-border[4.27 Inter-Korean] summit. It[i.e. the S. Korean gov't] has designated this week as a "week of peace"...

A "week of peace"? At least not for the residents of Seongju/Soseong-ri!!

Almost at the same time(today in the morning, KST) the same news agency(Yonhap) reported the following:

Riot police were removing protesters Monday from a bridge leading to the base of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile system in southeastern South Korea, sparking clashes that left about a dozen people injured...

About 200 residents and activists have been occupying the Jinbat bridge in a sit-in aimed at blocking construction vehicles from entering the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense base in Seongju, some 300 km southeast of Seoul.

About 3,000 riot police were mobilized to break up the sit-in. Scuffles and shoving matches broke out as police moved in, and two people were taken to a hospital with injuries, while around 10 others suffered scratches.

As of 9:10 a.m., some 170 people were hauled away, and some 20-30 protesters remained in a standoff.
 

Protesters resisted by inserting their arms into plastic pipes in an attempt to tie themselves together to make it difficult for police to carry them away. They also chanted slogans such as "Out with violent police," blasting the police for using force...(more you can read here)

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