Violence broke out during a high-altitude sit-in protest by POSCO subcontracted workers at around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, as a police officer used a baton to strike a protesting worker, Kim Jun-young, according to local media. Kim is the secretary general of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ (KCTU) Metal Workers’ Union. Video footagetaken by a KCTU member purportedly showed six police officers approach Kim, who swung what appeared to be a metal rod. Police officers appear to have struck Kim with their batons, resulting in a head injury that caused him to collapse. Kim was later taken