SOUTH Koreans rewrote the nation’s history of democracy in 2016 by relentlessly taking to the streets for more than two months against scandal-ridden President Park Geun-hye, with the New Years Eve protest bringing the cumulative number of protesters to 10 million.
There is little doubt the candle citizens pushed lawmakers to cast ballots on Dec 9 to impeach Park, accused of allowing her longtime friend to meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort money and favours from local conglomerates.
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