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Y'day(11.21) in the S. Korean capital city Seoul: Police have raided the headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) as part of an investigation into acts of violence committed during the huge anti-government rally that the umbrella union organized on Nov. 14. It was the first time that police have raided the headquarters since the confederation was established in 1995. Nearly 700 officers from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) and several police stations within central Seoul removed computers, documents, books and other material from the headquarters and offices of seven affiliated unions... An additional 1,840 officers were mobilized to the the area during the six-hour raid because another clash with unionists was anticipated...(source: Korea Times, 11.22/more related reports in English you'll get here)

One day earlier(11.20) Kyunghyang Shinmun wrote the following: The government and ruling party have revealed their intentions to create a new "authoritarian" state in the wake of the multiple terrorist attacks in Paris... The ruling party highlighted the demonstrations at Gwanghwamun, Seoul on November 14 calling them an act of violence and terror, asking the government to root out the source. As if according to prior arrangement, the police have launched a massive investigation. The ruling party is also promoting old "security" bills such as the Terrorism Prevention Act and the ban on masks... Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung said at a meeting of the party's supreme council on November 19, "Just as the entire world has taken action to eradicate IS hiding behind masks, we should also root out illegal demonstrations hiding behind masks and end this vicious cycle of lawless chaos." He attacked the demonstration on November 14, comparing the demonstrators to the IS...