South Korean Students Detained for Allegedly Breaking Into US Military Base
U.S. military personnel detained the activists after six entered the compound and police said they are being investigated under military-installation laws.
- On Tuesday, eight South Korean students were detained after breaching the main gate of the K-55 Osan Air Base near Seoul, with six entering the compound and two stopped at the entrance.
- The Korean Progressive University Student Union members were protesting alleged U.S. opposition to a semiconductor cluster project in Gwangju, while also citing concerns over a white phosphorus leakage at the base.
- Activists chanted slogans including "Let us destroy the U.S. 7th Air Force," prompting U.S. Forces Korea personnel to detain the group before transferring them to South Korean police.
- Under laws protecting military installations in South Korea, police are investigating the detainees; the U.S. military stated unauthorized access attempts are taken "extremely seriously."
- About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea to deter North Korea; while surveys show majority public support for the alliance, the U.S. presence remains a source of historical friction.
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South Korean students detained for allegedly breaking into US military base
A group of eight South Korean students were detained Tuesday for allegedly breaking into a United States air base while shouting anti-U.S. slogans, South Korean authorities said.
(Pyeongtaek = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Young-hoon = Students belonging to a university student group who trespassed into a U.S. military base in South Korea were arrested by the U.S. military.
On the 4th, eight members of the Korean University Students' Progressive Union were arrested by the police for trespassing into a U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. It is reported that they entered the base to demand a thorough investigation into the recent white phosphorus leak. The police plan to take custody of the suspects from the U.S. military and investigate the motive and circumstances of the crime.
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