In Seoul, hundreds of thousands of people staged a protest March against the government
TOKYO, 12 Nov — RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Plyasunova. Hundreds of thousands of people take part in one of the largest protests in South Korea against the government for the last time.
According to Yonhap news Agency, citing the organizers of the protest March as of 18.30 local time (12.30 GMT) in the action take part more than 850 thousand people. According to estimates of the Metropolitan police, on the streets about 220 thousand people. To maintain order in the Seoul police involved 25 thousand employees.
“@junmichaelpark: Massive. Just massive. @KoreaExpose #Seoul #Korea #박근혜 #민중총궐기 pic.twitter.com/V8WKTN4u6C”
— Sun Youn (@sunyounww) 12 Nov 2016
???FLASH Manifestation monstre à #Séoul contre la présidente empêtrée dans un scandale financier organisé par sa plus proche conseillère. pic.twitter.com/ackVKdy4qF
— Anthony Gonzalez (@AnthoGonzalez56) 12 Nov 2016
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In Seoul gathered up to 100 thousand people demanding the resignation of President
A large protest rally brought together representatives of the three opposition parties in South Korea, as well as members of more than 1.5 thousand public organizations. Gathered in the center of the Korean capital demonstrators in favor of the resignation of President Park Geun-Hye on the background of the scandal involving her close friend Choi sung-SIL.
The protesters in Seoul, November 12, 2016.
The popularity ranking Park Geun-Hye dropped to 5%, and its policy does not approve of 90% of the population. Claims about her resignation, but the authorities insist that now’s not the time, given the political and military tensions in the relations with the DPRK.
Political scandal around the President of South Korea broke out after Park Geun-Hye made a public apology for the so-called “leak” to Choi sung-SIL of dozens of texts of presidential speeches before they were publicly read. In addition, it was not excluded that Choi sung-SIL appropriated part of the funds collected from business corporations, $ 70 million for the purchase of real estate abroad and to pay for the tuition of her daughter in one of the most prestigious Universities in South Korea.
Choi sung-SIL does not occupy any official position in the government of South Korea. It is called the daughter of Choi Tae the Mine, a mentor, Park Geun-Hye, and the former wife of ex-Secretary of the President Dream of Its Hwa. After returning to South Korea, Choi sung-SIL was arrested.