RIOTING IN SEOUL
Demonstration By Students ('N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) SEOUL, March 24. Riot police . using tear-gas bombs and clubs clashed with more than 3000 students in Seoul yesterday in street demonstrations against Government attempts to resume normal relations with Japan. Students had earlier burned an effigy of the Japanese Prime Minister (Mr Hayato Ikeda) and ofie of Mr Wan Yong Lee, a Cabinet Minister who supported the annex: .ation of -Korea by Japan in 1920.
About 30 policemen were injured in clashes with stonethrowing students. A number of students were also injured and about 300 arrested. About 700- students staged a sit-down demonstration in front of the National Assembly building, but dispersed after their university president told them police’ had assured him that all the arrested students would be released tonight Cabinet Meeting The Opposition leader (Mr Posun Yun) also asked the students to go home. He told theih he would try to block the present negotiations for normal relations with. Japan, "even risking my life.” The Prime- Minister (Mr Too Sun Choi) called an emergency Cabinet meeting, to discuss the demonstration—the biggest since those which led to the fall of President Syngman. Rhee’s Government four years ago.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30401, 28 March 1964, Page 15
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197RIOTING IN SEOUL Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30401, 28 March 1964, Page 15
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