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김경준님의 글입니다. ><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Protests heat up over Park's impeachment ></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This year’s largest protests took place Saturday, as masses gathered in central Seoul to support or fight against President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment. > >Despite the bitter cold, protesters set out to make their voices heard, as the Constitutional Court's ruling on Park’s impeachment approaches. > >close >Participants in support of the impeachment demanded the ruling take place within this month. They also called for the independent counsel investigating the scandal involving Park and her confidant Choi Soon-sil to file for an extension of its probe, as its investigation period is set to expire at the end of this month. > >“Park is attempting to wait out the counsel team’s investigation conclusions on Feb. 28, and the retirement of Justice Lee Jung-mi on March 13, with hopes that the impeachment will be rejected,” said Kim Kyung-ja, vice-chairperson of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. > >Organizers of the weekly Saturday protests estimated around 750,000 people took part in the rally in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, and over 800,000 nationwide. > >Meanwhile, at Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall, pro-Park protesters gathered calling for the impeachment to be rejected, and the counsel team to be disbanded. > >“The candlelit rallies only represent the hopes of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK),” they said, accusing the opposition’s support of the protest as politically motivated. > >The opposition’s presidential race front runner Moon Jae-in, former chief of the DPK attended Saturday’s protest. Pro-Park lawmakers of the Saenuri Party, such as Rep. Kim Jin-tae were present at the rival protest. > >Pro-Park groups claimed 2.1 million gathered for their protest, but the figure is likely to have been greatly exaggerated, as Seoul Plaza cannot accommodate such a large number.</span></p>