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Today's Hankyoreh reported the following: Residents of Seongju in North Gyeongsang Province were injured when police forcibly dispersed a group gathered in the village, which is the location of the THAAD missile defense system base at Seongju. Residents are currently receiving hospital treatment for injuries sustained in a confrontation with police that occurred at around 9:10 am on Nov. 21 near the base in Soseong. The confrontation took place between roughly 4,000 police from 50 companies who were sent to the scene from 5 am and around 100 village residents protesting the arrival of vehicles on the base. Residents clashed with police after stopping a one-ton truck, five cars, and one container on nearby Jinbat Bridge, located about 700 meters from the Soseong village center.

   During the four-hour long confrontation(*), police laid mats under the five- to six-meter high bridge as a precaution while attempting to forcibly disperse the protesting residents at around 9:10 am. Residents claimed the police were “dragging people away by force,” adding that a “number of people were injured, and two had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance.” Around 10 residents were still clashing with police as of 10:30 am...(the complete article you can read here)

* Here you can watch a report(by NewsMin TV), depicting the (almost)entire "event"...

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