Protests in South Korea just keep getting bigger: organizers estimate 1.5 million people

[demmiblue]

Source: Mashable

South Korea's protests against President Park Geun-hye continue to gather steam.

This is the fifth straight weekend that the protests calling for Park's resignation have taken place, and the numbers keep climbing. Organisers in Seoul said 1.5 million people came, while authorities said it was more like 270,000.

But for a country of just 50 million people, even several hundred people showing up is absolutely mind-blowing.

Third party monitors have pegged the attendance closer to the 1 million mark than the low-hundred-thousands, as police said.

Protesters are demanding Park step down amid a corruption scandal. She's being accused of allowing longtime-friend Choi Soon-sil to manipulate power, and extort millions from companies.

More: http://mashable.com/2016/11/27/south-korea-protests-1-million/?utm_cid=hp-r-2

[heaven05]

1. hope ours get this large

when the orangefuhrer starts unleashing his trumptroopers on PoC, uppity women, Jewish people, Muslim and Hispanic immigrants......

[MFM008]

2. We need this

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