1,000 Students Battle Riot Police in S. Korea
South Korean riot police battled Friday with more than 1,000 students staging an anti-U.S. protest on the eve of President Clinton’s arrival here.
Fighting erupted before most of the protesters were arrested. Several people were hurt.
Police did not use tear gas, as is their custom, to quell the demonstration at Dongguk University. The campus gates are just across from the Shilla Hotel, where Clinton’s entourage is scheduled to stay tonight.
South Korea put its 140,000-strong police force on full alert Thursday.
Radical students are planning several rallies today and Sunday to protest against the 36,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea and against Washington’s demands that Seoul open up its protected rice market.
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