2016–17 South Korean Protests

2016–17 South Korean protests (The Candle Protest), also known as Candlelight Struggle[1] (Korean: 촛불항쟁) orCandlelight Revolution (Korean: 촛불혁명), were a series of protests against President Park Geun-hye that occurred throughout South Korea from November 2016 to March 2017. After the initial demonstrations on October 26, 2016, hundreds of thousands of South Korean protesters denounced the Park administration's political scandal and called for the resignation of Park Geun-hye.

Meanwhile, a series of protests led by the supporters of President Park occurred around the country as well. After theimpeachment of Park Geun-hye on corruption charges in December, the pro-Park rallies mobilized thousands of protesters for counter protests. In February 2017, the Liberty Korea Party, at the time the ruling party of South Korea, claimed that the size of pro-Park rallies have begun to overwhelm the size of anti-Park rallies