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The Use of Tear Gas in the Republic of Korea
A report by health professionals
July 1987
Read the report (pdf)Between July 11 and July 18, 1987, five public health specialists, organized by PHR, visited Seoul, South Korea, to study the effects of an unprecedented use of tear gas in that country against civilians in June and into July, 1987. This report details their findings.
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