1.9 MILLION people showed up in the Candle protest. This was possible because the Korean government allowed them to overthrow their own president. (They meet every Saturday)
President Park geun hye was just a figurehead for Choi soon sil. Soon sil and her buddies controlled all the national fundings and threatened many people in power including national olympic champions. (Had a lot of power in Olympic branches, bc 2018 Winter Olympic opens in S. Korea) <~allowed themselves to fund infinite amount in construction, which olympic qualifier gets to play etc.
The corruption was exposed since mid-oct. but people were busy with US Presidency.