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Officials, street vendors clash over Cheonggye project.
(From The Korea Herald)
By Seo Hyun-jin Seoul City officials and street vendors clashed in Cheonggye, central Seoul, yesterday as the marketers set fire to a heap of waste materials and set up barricades in protest against the government forcibly closing their street stalls in the area, which has been earmarked as part of a city remodeling project. A total of 3,500 officials and city-hired removal workers began removing some 530 street stalls early in the morning to clear the way for restoring Cheonggye Stream that flowed through the heart of Seoul until it was covered four decades ago. To block the government move, more than 1,300 street vendors held a sit-in rally and wielded metal pipes, criticizing the government for lacking measures to secure their livelihood during the restoration project slated to end in September 2005. Despite the resistance, Seoul City completed the removal of the street stalls around lunchtime after mobilizing excavators and dump trucks. No major injuries were reported during the forced evacuation, but 250 marketers continued protesting until late into the night, hurling liquor bottles and erecting roadblocks to obstruct workers. Police stationed 4,500 personnel to restore order. The ...
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