K-Pop group Girls’ Generation 2007 song resurfaces as South Korea’s protest anthem

Demonstrators rally outside South Korea's National Assembly in Seoul, calling on President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign or be impeached, on Dec 6. - PHOTO: NYTIMES via The New Straits Times/ANN

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): Who could have imagined that a K-pop debut track from 2007 would evolve into a rallying cry for political change?

Into the New World, the debut single by Girls’ Generation, has reemerged as a protest anthem amid South Korea’s growing discontent with President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared the ill-fated martial law earlier this week.