19-11-2016 11:17 via news.yahoo.com

Fresh protest urges defiant S. Korea president to resign

Tens of thousands of protestors rallied in Seoul on Saturday, for the fourth in a weekly series of mass protests urging President Park Geun-Hye to resign over a corruption scandal. The demonstrations -- among the largest seen in South Korea since the pro-democracy protests of the 1980s -- have provided a stark challenge to Park's authority, but the president has defied calls to step down. Organisers said the candle-lit rally in Seoul drew some 300,000 protestors who chanted "Park Geun-Hye resign
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