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In pictures: Tensions across the sea

Villagers protest against the construction of a South Korean naval base on their small island.

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Flags reading (***)No to the naval base(***) fly all over the coastal village of Gangjeong on Jeju Island [Ana de Sousa]
Published On 26 Oct 2011

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In early September, the navy erected a high metal fence around the construction site [Ana de Sousa]
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Rising before dawn, activists Dora and Song Kang Ho prepare to leave the house to confront the authorities [Ana de Sousa]
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Song swims towards the construction site, surrounded by police and navy surveillance [Ana de Sousa]
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Every morning Dora tries to guide Song safely back to shore [Ana de Sousa]
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Still praying in the water, Song is pulled back to the shore by a police officer [Ana de Sousa]
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A boy from the village waits for the candlelight vigil to begin [Ana de Sousa]
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At night, Gangjeong villagers gather in the square for the candlelight vigil [Ana de Sousa]
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Dora prays at the construction site [Ana de Sousa]
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From their camp, activists survey the construction over the fence [Ana de Sousa]
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Song(***)s campaign against the naval airbase has led to him being fined multiple times for trespassing [Ana de Sousa]
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After dark, villagers and activists converge in the town hall to plan their next move [Ana de Sousa]
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Father Moon, also an activist, prepares to carve a message against the Gangjeong naval base into a traditional wooden plate [Ana de Sousa]
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Activist Sung-Hee Choi stands her ground at the gates to the naval base [Ana de Sousa]
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Barbed wire marks the navy(***)s territory on the coastal rock known to the villagers as Gureombi [Ana de Sousa]