World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : 700 Students Riot to Protest Coalition
About 700 radical students shouting anti-government and anti-U.S. slogans fought riot police with firebombs and rocks in the second day of protests against a new conservative governing coalition. About 600 riot police used tear gas to stop the students at the main gate of Seoul’s Jooang University. No police figures on injuries and arrests were immediately available. The fighting began after 1,000 riot troopers sealed off Korea University in eastern Seoul to stop an anti-government rally involving students from major schools in Seoul.
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