Students Arrested Over Occupation of AMCHAM Office

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Students Arrested Over Occupation of AMCHAM Office

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Nearly 30 South Korean university students were arrested Monday as they occupied the office of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in the country in protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Seoul.

The arrested from the outlawed student organization "Hanchongnyeon" went to the 45th floor of the (South) Korea World Trade Center around 1 p.m. Monday and started a three-hour sit-in protest after they, with wooden sticks, chased away two riot policemen guarding the office.

The students smashed a large 1.2-meter-by-2.2-meter window and scattered leaflets which carry "Oppose Bush's Visit to Korea" or "Withdraw Hard-line Policy Toward North Korea."

Police stormed the office around 4 p.m. after the students stacked up furniture as barricades in front of the office to keep police from entering it.

Meanwhile, police detained three other students holding an anti-U.S. placard near the U.S. Embassy in Central Seoul.

In the past days, South Korean civic groups have demonstrated to oppose Bush's visit after Bush branded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as "axis of evil" in his state of union address last month.

Bush is expected to begin his visit to South Korea Tuesday.

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