South Korean artist uses calligraphy to pressure President Park Geun-hye to step down

Record ID: 77301

  • Title: South Korean artist uses calligraphy to pressure President Park Geun-hye to step down
  • Date: 26th November 2016
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (NOVEMBER 26, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET, LONG WHITE CLOTH BEING PLACED ON ROAD VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN CALLIGRAPHY ARTIST, LIM OK-SANG, WRITING WITH BIG BRUSH PEOPLE HOLDING UP WHITE CLOTH AND HOLDING PAPER READING (Korean): "PARK GEUN-HYE STEP DOWN" (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN CALLIGRAPHY ARTIST, LIM OK-SANG, SAYING: "I wanted to leave a record of the people's voices demanding Park Geun-hye step down." LIM WRITING DOWN LETTER ON WHITE CLOTH/PEOPLE HOLDING SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS CALLIGRAPHY PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS PEOPLE GATHERED AT SEOUL CITY HALL SQUARE FOR DEBATE WOMAN HOLDING POSTER READING (Korean): "PARK GEUN-HYE STEP DOWN" PEOPLE WEARING RAINCOAT AND HOLDING UMBRELLA, SITTING AROUND TABLE STUDENTS SITTING AND LOOKING AT SPEAKER (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 33-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTER, JUNG MI-RAN, SAYING: "The candlelight rally is growing bigger and bigger. With the voice of the people and the power of candlelight, I hope the national assembly will work on the impeachment process faster." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DEBATING LETTER ON FLAG READING (Korean): "PARK GEUN-HYE RESIGN" DEBATE IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 11th December 2016 10:01
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  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015A2XFT1
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  • Story Text: A South Korean artist used calligraphy as a means to get a message of anger across to President Park Geun-hye on Saturday (November 26).
    Lim Ok-sang painted "Park Geun-hye step down" on a strip of white cloth 500 m in length on the street in Seoul where massive candlelight rallies have been taking place on weekends.
    "I wanted to leave a record of the people's voices demanding Park Geun-hye to step down," he said.
    Park's approval rating fell to 4 percent amid a deepening political crisis, marking an all-time low for any democratically elected leader in the country, according to an opinion poll released on Friday (November 25).
    Park's presidency has been rocked by allegations that a close friend used her ties to the leader to meddle in state affairs and wield improper influence.
    Prosecutors investigating the case have indicted her friend, Choi Soon-sil, and are seeking to question the president about her role in the scandal.
    Meanwhile, about a hundred of people gathered in front of Seoul city hall square for debate session to discuss Park's impeachment.
    Later on Saturday, more than a million people are expected to gather again, including about a thousand activist farmers, who might try to march to the presidential Blue House.
    Mass protests against Park over the past four weekends have been the biggest public demonstrations seen in South Korea since the 1980s.
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