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A large rally calling for President Park Geun-hye's resignation will be staged in central Seoul on Saturday. The protest, led by progressive civic groups, will be in Gwanghwamun Square, in downtown Seoul, from 4 p.m. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part. An estimated 20,000 people participated in the first anti-Park rally last Saturday. Police expect the second rally will attract about 30,000 people, while organizers are forecasting a crowd of 100,000...(K. Times, 11.4)

After President Park Geun-hye’s mea culpa Friday, eyes are fixed on the upcoming rally in Seoul on Saturday for any sign of a shift in public sentiment toward the embattled leader. Police predict some 40,000 participants for the second major rally since the Choi Soon-sil scandal surfaced. It is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul. The rally organizers -- an association of labor unions, student groups and civic organizations -- say nearly 100,000 people could turn up, larger than the first one which took place on Oct. 29... Police, while saying they would “flexibly” respond to protesters, decided to disapprove of the organizers’ plan to march across central Seoul after the rally, citing possible traffic disruption...(source: Korea Herald, 11.4)

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