Protesting Students Defy Police Pressure
From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of police firing tear gas stormed Seoul’s Yonsei University, determined to put down six days of campus violence inspired by student activists’ support for unification with North Korea. Hundreds of students fought back with steel pipes but, tired and outnumbered by about 10,000 police, retreated into a science building for the night.
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