Hundreds of thousands rally in Seoul in wake of President Park’s impeachment

  11 December 2016    Read: 1087
Hundreds of thousands rally in Seoul in wake of President Park’s impeachment
Close to half a million of demonstrators held a candlelit vigil in Seoul on Saturday in support of the parliament’s decision to impeach South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye, the rally’s organizers said.
The parliament voted 234-56 on Friday to start Park’s impeachment trial after she was implicated in a corruption scandal involving her long-time friend Choi Soon-sil, accused of using her ties to extort money from businesses.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency described the mood in the streets as festive. It said students were singing songs demanding that the president resign and free cups of coffee were being dispensed to those struggling to stay warm in the cold.

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