VILLAGERS DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM RIGHT-WING

Yesterday hundreds of right-wing retired military were sent into the Gangjeong village on Jeju Island to show "support" for the controversial Navy base.

Before they arrived local villagers paraded and got ready to hold their ground as they continue to protect all that is sacred to them - the farming land, the rocky coastline, the coral reefs offshore, the fish, plant life and water.

The people of Gangjeong are defending their way of life - more than 300 years of living in this small farming and fishing village.