Estimated 200,000 protestors take to the streets to call for President Park Geun Hye's Resignation

[jeeelim5]

Public anger shows no signs of subsiding

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[eveofrevolution]

[jeeelim5]

oop, thanks for letting me know! They probably did add more after I submitted because the article had only been out for like 30 minutes when I was making the post X)

[jeeelim5]

Fun fact (totally being sarcastic here), a civic group just tried to get approval to set up a statue of Park Chung-Hee (father of the current president and one of the most divisive figures in Korean history) in Gwanghwamun, the place where all the protests are going on right now (like in the photo). They made their announcement last week amidst the growing scandal; they have such great timing.

The Seoul city government shut the idea down, saying that they have no plans to place additional statues in the space and that the response to the idea has been mostly negative. The $158 million the group plans to spend on memorial projects for this dictator is fucking insane as well.

[juhli]

wow

[x_butterfly19_x]

Oh, wow. 5% approval? I knew people were mad, but ouch

[ioplokon]

Thanks for posting this! I saw some photos my friend had shared and had absolutely no context for them.

[ioplokon]

wow, yeah that's just near unbelievable. and like, on a personal level, I actually feel a lot of sympathy for Park Geun-Hye. But then like, as the president of a country it's not just a personal tragedy/case of abuse/brainwashing anymore.

[sabrinita]

I don't know why I read this as saying that she actually DID resign at first. But either way, yiiiiiiiiiiiiikes