Hundreds of thousands of Koreans celebrate depositing Park

seoul - Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are Saturday took to the streets to celebrate President Park Geun-hye a day earlier was put in office by the Constitutional Court, reports The Korea Herald.

In the capital Seoul, an estimated 500 000 people gathered at Gwanghwamun Square. They crossed off include fireworks and shake hands. At the same time demanding supporters of park several hundred meters away, to withdraw the decision of the court.

Since October last year, millions of people demonstrated against the president and demanded her resignation. When a corruption scandal came to light that was mainly caused by a friend and confidante of Park. That would be big companies like Samsung have persuaded to donate tens of millions to foundations that were in her name.