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ONE MILLION protesters show people power

ONE MILLION protesters show people power

Choi Ha-young, Kim Bo-eun– The Korea Times A never-ending stream of one million people marched into Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul, Saturday, to join the nation’s biggest candlelit protest in decades, calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down. People from all walks of life chanted: “Park should step down.” The President is under mounting pressure […]

Peace is a new norm at protest

Peace is a new norm at protest

Kim Se-jeong – The Korea Times Water cannons, iron bars, police and protesters beating each other up, bleeding people, walls of police officers in riot gear and so on used to be the common images of protests in Korea. That was nowhere to be found at Saturday’s rally against President Park Geun-hye, with approximately one million […]

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