Korean farmers riot over trade pact

SOUTH KOREAN farmers and riot police clashed yesterday as thousands rallied to urge parliament not to ratify a free trade agreement with Chile.

Korean farmers riot over trade pact

Hundreds of farmers wielded steel pipes and hurled stones at shield-carrying police who used water cannons to stop them from entering the National Assembly compound in central Seoul.

The farmers claim the agreement would drive them out of business by flooding the market with cheaper foreign products.

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