▲ 2.32 million anti-Park Geun-hye protesters of 1.7 million in Seoul and 620,000 in other locations, the largest in Korea's history, holding candlelights and slogans joined the rally on December 3 in Seoul which is set as the 'day to oust President Park Geun-hye' by the rally organizer, the 'Emergency People's Action for the Resignation of Park Geun-hye'.(Joint Press Team)

▲ People's fury reaches the threshold of patience when President Park Geun-hye leaves the decision to the National Assembly on her early departure from office in her 3rd speech for the public. 416 citizens march toward the Presidential Office, holding torches which symbolize the thorough probe into the sunken Sewol ferry disaster.(Joint Press Team)

2.32 million candlelight vigil protesters across the country on December 3 poured onto the streets and squares to demand the immediate resignation of President Park Geun-hye. The impeachment motion was submitted to the National Assembly in the early morning of December 3 by 171 lawmakers of the opposition block and the vote will take place on December 9. Another people's rally is scheduled on December 10. Will it be a day of people's jubilation or fury?

reported by Je Jeong-nam
translated by Kim Sung-jin

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