Thousands Protest Move of U.S. Bases
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Thousands rallied on a downtown Seoul boulevard to protest a plan to relocate American military bases, the largest anti-U.S. demonstration in the South Korean capital this year.
According to police estimates, about 6,000 people came out to protest moving the Seoul-based American military headquarters and some other bases to Pyeongtaek, about 40 miles south of the capital.
The relocation has been a main target of anti-U.S. activists here. Anger has also grown in Pyeongtaek over the need to demolish several sparsely populated farming villages and to clear rice paddies to make way for the new facilities.
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