Tens of thousands of South Koreans protested in central Seoul on Saturday in one the largest demonstrations in the country’s capital for years, calling on embattled President Park Geun-hye to resign over a growing influence-peddling scandal.
Roughly 43,000 people were at the candle-lit rally early on Saturday evening, according to police.
Organizers said a growing crowd of 100,000 had assembled, making the protest one of the biggest since demonstrations in 2008 against U.S. beef imports.