The World - News from Feb. 20, 1989
Thousands of South Koreans defied a ban on protests and clashed with riot police in four cities, witnesses and radio reports said. About 10,000 students and workers in Seoul and three other cities took to the streets to demand President Roh Tae Woo’s resignation and the revision of “vicious labor laws.” Police said they detained about 700 protesters in Seoul. About 5,000 protesters battled police in Pusan, a southern port. Police also broke up protests in Ulsan and Taegu.
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