WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Anti-U.S. Rallies in Cities, Rural Areas
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Angry farmers and radical students demanding an end to U.S. food imports protested in about two dozen cities and rural areas, hurling rocks and firebombs at police. In Kunsan, protesters took their demands to the main gate of a U.S. Air Force base. About 2,000 demonstrators battled riot police at Konkuk University in eastern Seoul after they were prevented from protesting in the streets. “Drive out the Yankees,” they chanted, charging that cheap U.S. imports threaten their livelihood.
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