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Eight Korean Students Detained Over Osan Base Protest

8/5/2026

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Eight Korean students were detained on Tuesday after allegedly breaking into Osan Air Base, a U.S. facility.
U.S. military personnel arrested them at the gate shouting “Let’s smash U.S. 7th Air Force.”
Police transferred detainees to Korean National Police custody, where they refused to speak.
The protest targeted U.S. opposition to an 800 trillion won semiconductor cluster project in Gwangju.
Authorities are investigating under the Military Base and Military Facility Protection Act.

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Story summary

Eight Korean students were detained on Tuesday after allegedly breaking into Osan Air Base, a U.S. facility.
U.S. military personnel arrested them at the gate shouting “Let’s smash U.S. 7th Air Force.”
Police transferred detainees to Korean National Police custody, where they refused to speak.
The protest targeted U.S. opposition to an 800 trillion won semiconductor cluster project in Gwangju.
Authorities are investigating under the Military Base and Military Facility Protection Act.