The political activity of students
under President Kim Young-sam

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Chronology of student occupation of Seoul campus
Reuter, 20 August 1996. South Korean riot police on Tuesday ended a seven-day occupation of a university campus by more than 2,000 students calling for reunification with communist North Korea.
Police raid campuses across S. Korea
Reuters, 28 August 1996. Hundreds detained in crackdown on radical group. 12,000 police hit 23 universities. Since its inauguration in 1993, the radical student group Hanchongryon has been blamed for hundreds of violent student demonstrations to support reunification.
Korea Youth Demand Unification
By Brian Taylor, The Militant, 9 September 1996. Thousands of students in South Korea engaged in a nine-day confrontation with the government authorities, demanding reunification of the Korean peninsula.
South Korea To Prosecute 438 Student Activists
From Arm the Spirit, 18 September 1996. Arrests of students who demonstrated in August against government policy regarding reunification. Hanchongryon, the nationwide student group, outlawed.
North Korea’s Workers Party Is Behind Hanchongnyon: Prosecution
KPS, 18 September 1996. The Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongnyon) which staged violent demonstrations inside the Yonsei campus last month was found to have been virtually manipulated by North Korea’s ruling Workers Party, the Seoul prosecution authorities reported yesterday.
5,715 Students Arrested After 9 Day Protest And Police Brutality
By Minkahyup Human Rights Group for Prisoners Of Conscience, 26 September 1996. A resport on excessive force, illegal arrest, beatings, equipment; government use of police subjugation and biased media reports.
Hanchongryon Statement On Kim Young Sam Government’s Violent Suppression
From Hanchongryon (South Korean Federation of University Student Councils), [24 January 1997]. The government has labeled us rioters and Communists and brutally suppressed the peaceful gatherings, organized by Hanchonryon, of the 7th Pan-National Rally whose purpose was to celebrate Liberation Day (August 15) and to promote peace and the grand unity of our nation.
Police Set To Block Sochongynon Rally
Korea Herald, 8 May 1997. Clashes are expected between police and students over a rally slated for Seoul’s Sungkyunkwan University. Calling the rally a pro-North Korean assembly, police will block the rally of the Sochongynon, the Federation of University Student Councils. (brief)
Student Radicals Occupy Hanbo Headquarters
Korea Herald, 8 May 1997. Six student radicals, three women and three men, briefly occupied part of the scandal-ridden Hanbo Business Group headquarters, demanding the arrest of South Korean President Kim Young-Sam and his son.
Students Clash In Seoul, Demand Resignation Of President
AFP, 10 May 1997. Some 500 radical students clashed with riot police, demanding the resignation of President Kim Young-Sam, whose son has been implicated in alleged influence peddling.
South Korean Students Hurl Firebombs In Anti-Government Rally
Associated Press, 10 May 1997. Hundreds of students lobbed firebombs at police at an anti-government rally Saturday, demanding that President Kim Young-Sam resign over a bribery scandal.
Students face mass arrests
Workers World, 14 August 1997. South Korean authorities are preparing to arrest more than 500 student leaders for refusing to renounce their membership in the Federation of Korean University Student Unions (Hanchongryon). Hundreds of students were already arrested in sweeps after mass demonstrations in early June against President Kim Young Sam.