Protesters have disrupted the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay in South Korea despite heavy police presence in the capital.
An hour into the relay, police prevented a North Korean defector from setting himself on fire with gasoline. Another protester had earlier rushed toward the flame in an attempt to unfurl a banner calling for China to respect the rights of North Korean refugees. The Seoul relay route was also lined by hundreds of China supporters who reportedly threw rocks at demonstrators denouncing Chinese policies on North Korean refugees and Bejing's crackdown in Tibet. The Olympic torch will now move on to North Korea.
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