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Student Protest

This is a student demonstration at Pusan National University I photographed in 1991. It shows the development of the demonstration from start to finish.

Date: 04/10/2006
Owner: Jeff
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The leader of the local student union (Cheondaehyeop) walks toward the group.

Date: 04/10/2006
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Preparations for the anti-USA/Bush1 and anti-Roh Tae Woo demonstrations are nearing completion.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The student union gathers.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The speeches begin

Date: 04/10/2006
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The students begin their anti-USA and anti-government songs and chants.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The crowd grows larger.

Date: 04/10/2006
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Shops in the neighborhood begin to board up their windows.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The students march to the front gate. The group on the left is preparing rocks. The group on the right is preparing molotov cocktails. The group at the back is the cheerleading section

Date: 04/10/2006
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People begin to get off the streets.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The student union leader lights a molotov cocktail in the middle of the street and withdraws. That is the equivalent of throwing down the gauntlet.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The riot police arrive.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The front line of students rush forward and the leader hurls the bottle into the waiting riot police, signaling that it is time for the games to begin.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The front line lights their fire bombs and begin to walk toward the riot police.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The first volley of molotov cocktails land in front of the police.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police wait for the flames to die down.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police continue to begin to march forward.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police rush the students as firebombs explode around them and rocks rain down on them. The guy in the background continues to fix his window.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police have broken the students' ranks and the police withdraw through the rubble to await the next wave of students.

Date: 04/10/2006
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More rocks and fire bombs from the students.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police advance again. In this picture you will see the three main types of riot police. The lightly armored guy on the left is the photographer whose job it is to take pictures of the students so they can be arrested later.

Date: 04/10/2006
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This particular group of police all had Batman symbols on the back of their helmets.

Date: 04/10/2006
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These policemen are part of the support team. Notice the fire extinguishers on their belts. The also have first aid kits.

Date: 04/10/2006
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This guy is bad news. All of the police have numerous tear gas grenades strapped to them, but guys like this one fire massive canisters of nasty blue powder tear gas (as opposed to the usual yellow powder stuff) at...er... near the students.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The police begin to grow tired of the whole affair and roll in the trucks with the 24 (if I remember correctly) tear gas lanchers and overwhelm the students and surrounding neighborhood.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The students are pushed back into the university, revealing the fire damages signs, fire-stained rock-strewn streets.

Date: 04/10/2006
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The students make one final half-hearted run at the police, but are quickly repelled by the tear gas riflemen. One of the blue powder canisters explodes less than 5 feet in front of my totally unprotected face. I am covered from head to foot.

Date: 04/10/2006
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As I stumble away toward home, I snap a photograph of two newspaper photographers I had become acquainted with at other demonstrations.

Date: 04/10/2006
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