▲ Candlelight rally participants perform 'showing the red card' in the evening of February 18 at Kwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to call on President Park Geun-hye to step down immediately.(Jeong Ki-hoon)

 

Amid the imminent impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye by the Constitutional Court, 845,000 citizens gathered in the candlelight rallies held on February 18 across the country to raise their voices: 'Do not delay the impeachment trial. Extend the investigation period of the independent counsel. Lee Jae-yong is only the beginning, arrest President Park'.

 

reported by Bae Hye-jeong
translated by Kim Sung-jin

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