{"id":14427,"date":"2016-11-05T06:47:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T06:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14427"},"modified":"2016-11-05T06:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T06:47:52","slug":"seoul-braces-huge-anti-park-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/seoul-braces-huge-anti-park-rally.html","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Braces for Huge Anti Park Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Seoul Braces for Huge <\/span>Anti Park<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Rally | World News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Seoul Braces for Huge <\/strong>Anti Park<strong> Rally<\/strong> :- South Korean union members shout slogans during a rally calling for South Korean President Park Geun-<\/span>hye<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> to step down in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. In an extraordinary display of abject apology during a moment of supreme crisis, South Korean President Park took sole blame Friday for a &#8220;heartbreaking&#8221; scandal amid rising suspicion that she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the shadows. The letters read &#8220;Step Down, Park Geun-<\/span>hye<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">.&#8221;(AP Photo\/Lee Jin-man) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 The Latest on South Korea&#8217;s political scandal (all times local):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">10:50 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tens of thousands of South Koreans are expected to march in Seoul to demand President Park Geun-<\/span>hye&#8217;s<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> resignation after she apologized for allowing her longtime friend to meddle in government affairs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Police expect around 40,000 people while organizers of the rally say as many as 100,000 will turn out Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dozens of police buses are parked in streets around City Hall and also a square in front of an old palace gate, which the police plan to close off to prevent protesters from marching toward the Blue House, the presidential <\/span>office<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> and residence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In Friday&#8217;s televised apology, Park vowed to accept a direct investigation into her actions, but the opposition, sensing weakness, immediately threatened to push for her ouster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. 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