Protests in South Korea just keep getting bigger: organizers estimate 1.5 million people

South Korea's protests against President Park Geun-hye continue to gather steam.
This is the fifth straight weekend that the protests calling for Park's resignation have taken place, and the numbers keep climbing. Organisers in Seoul said 1.5 million people came, while authorities said it was more like 270,000.
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But for a country of just 50 million people, even several hundred people showing up is absolute