Seongju THAAD Base Residents and Police Clash... Supply Delivery Resumes After Four Days

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] On the 22nd, the Ministry of National Defense and the United States Forces Korea resumed the delivery of supplies to the THAAD base in Soseong-ri, Chojeon-myeon, Seongju-gun, Gyeongbuk.

This came four days after bringing in materials and food supplies to improve the living conditions of Korean and American soldiers within the base on the 18th.

About 100 members of the Soseong-ri THAAD Withdrawal Seongju Residents' Countermeasure Committee gathered at the village hall at the base entrance from 6 a.m. that day and held a sit-in protest.

They shouted slogans such as "Stop illegal THAAD equipment construction" and "Remove THAAD." They also held placards with messages like "Oppose THAAD" and "THAAD out, peace in."

The police deployed about 900 officers to forcibly disperse around 100 residents and members of anti-THAAD groups.

About 50 more university students and residents than usual participated in the protest, making it difficult for the police to secure a passage.

The police plan to allow about 40 vehicles carrying construction materials and supplies into the base as soon as the vehicle access route is secured.

Residents opposing the withdrawal of THAAD said, "The more the police are deployed repeatedly, the more severe the human rights violations in Soseong-ri become. As long as the police are mobilized to forcibly carry out illegal THAAD base construction, such incidents will continue to occur in Soseong-ri."

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