Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, May 17, 1990 TAG: 9005170558
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/11 EDITION: EVENING
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DATELINE: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA LENGTH: Short
Meanwhile, thousands of assembly workers at the nation's leading car plant remained off the job for a third day.
The nation's entire police force of 130,000 was put on alert after a major dissident coalition called for nationwide protests this week to mark the anniversary of the May 18, 1980 rebellion in the southern city of Kwangju.
The uprising, brutally put down by troops and tanks, left at least 200 people dead and seared the psyche of Koreans more than any other incident since the 1950 Korean War.
- Associated Press
by CNB