Labor, Civic Groups Hold Major Rallies in Seoul, 11 Arrested l KBS WORLD

Labor and civic teams held huge anti-government rallies in Seoul on Saturday afternoon.

The Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions (KCTU), one of many nation’s two umbrella teams, staged a rally together with civic teams beginning at 4 p.m. close to Deoksu Palace and a number of the protesters clashed with law enforcement officials, with eleven of them arrested.

The KCTU accused the police of breaking into the rally, frightening the conflict and violently detaining folks, claiming that greater than 100 protesters have been taken to hospitals as a consequence of damaged ribs or respiratory difficulties in the course of the course of.

The police, nevertheless, stated that they ordered the protestors to disperse, however they didn’t comply with the order, pushed the law enforcement officials and hit the window of a police automobile with their palms.

The KCTU estimates about 100-thousand folks participated within the rally, whereas the police stated about 30-thousand attended it.

The opposite umbrella group, the Federation of Korean Commerce Unions (FKTU), additionally staged a rally in Yeouido at 2 p.m., denouncing what it calls the federal government’s “anti-labor insurance policies.”