Mass protest demands ouster, arrest of S. Korea president

Hundreds of thousands of protestors marched in Seoul for the sixth-straight week Saturday to demand the ouster and arrest of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye ahead of an impeachment vote in parliament.


Organisers claimed a turnout of more than one million for the candlelight rally in the South Korean capital, while police put the number at just over 200,000.

It was the latest in a series of massive anti-Park demonstrations and came just hours after opposition parties filed an impeachment motion that will be put to a vote by lawmakers on Friday.

Whether the motion is adopted or not, Park is firmly on course to become the first democratically-elected South Korean president not to complete a full, five-year term.
 [i24news.tv/AFP]
3/12/16
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