The World - News from Nov. 4, 1985
Fourteen students seized the office of the American Chamber of Commerce in Seoul, South Korea, and held three people to protest “U.S. economic aggression,” a spokesman for the group said. About 150 riot policemen stood by outside the building as negotiators tried to talk the students into calling off their occupation and dispersing. The students were identified as being from Seoul National University and six other schools. It was not known if they were armed.
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