- Title: SOUTH KOREA: PROTEST RALLY IN SEOUL AGAINST HIJACKING OF AIRLINER TO NORTH KOREA.
- Date: 15th December 1969
- Summary: 1. GV PAN STUDENTS AND CROWD AT RALLY CHEERING SPEAKER (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. BV SPEAKER ADDRESSING RALLY 0.16 3. SV CROWD CHEERING 0.17 4. CU STUDENTS DURING SPEECH (2 SHOTS) 0.22 5. GV RALLY CROWD 0.32 6. GV STUDENTS MARCH TO CITY HALL CARRYING AN EFFIGY OF NORTH KOREAN PREMIER IL-SUNG KIM (2 SHOTS) 0.44 7. SCU STUDENTS CARRYIN
- Embargoed: 30th December 1969 13:00
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- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Reuters ID: LVA2RVSIMGQU3G6BIYUKGB2RQJGC
- Story Text: NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE BRAVED FREEZING COLD IN EASTERN SEOUL ON SATURDAY (13 DEC.) TO ATTEND A PROTEST RALLY AGAINST LAST WEEK'S HIJACKING OF AN AIRLINER TO NORTH KOREA.
THE AIRCRAFT ON A DOMESTIC FLIGHT WITH 51 PEOPLE ON BOARD WAS HIJACKED LAST THURSDAY (11 DEC.) THE ANGRY CROWD, WHICH INCLUDED MANY STUDENTS, BURNT AN EFFIGY OF NORTH KOREAN PREMIER IL-SUNG KIM AT THE CITY HALL PLAZA IN THE HEART OF SEOUL.
SOUTH KOREA HAS ASKED JAPAN TO HELP IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE JAPANESE BUILT AIRCRAFT AND ITS PASSENGERS. MEANWHILE THE SOUTH KOREAN POLICE CHIEF TU-YUL CHOI TODAY (15 DEC.) NAMED THE THREE MEN IS THE CO-PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT; THE OTHER TWO WERE DESCRIBED AS NORTH KOREAN AGENTS HUN-DUK CHAI AND CHANG-HUI CHORN.
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