Protesters Return To The Streets Of Seoul After Lunar New Year Holidays | Seoul Reignites | N18G

ens of thousands of South Korean protesters demonstrated along central Seoul streets on Saturday (February 1) just after the country's Lunar New Year holiday ended.More than 30,000 supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol turned out to demand for his immediate release, claiming the continuation of his detention is illegal. Meanwhile, just across central Gwanghwamun Square, around 5,000 anti-government protesters rallied for Yoon's removal from the presidential post.South Korea's prosecutors indicted Yoon previous Sunday (January 26) on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3, Yoon's lawyers and the main opposition party said.Show more