"The Last Shanty Village" continues to sit down in Kowloon Village...6 people.

Seoul's Suseo Police Station said today (24th) that it has arrested six people for setting up illegal watchtowers at a rally of residents of Guryong Village in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu.About 200 residents of

Guryong Village held a rally for about six hours from 6 p.m. yesterday, during which police arrested six men, including foreign workers, who built a 10-meter-high iron watchtower.

The rally ended at around 0:20 today, but some residents are continuing their sit-in on the watchtower, and the police are also deploying one task force to prepare for a safety accident.

Guryong Village, called Seoul's last shantytown, passed a plan to develop apartment houses in May, and residents are protesting the move and demanding compensation such as the right to sell.