A candlelight rally condemning the IS was held outside the head office of Dong-A Ilbo on Tuesday, the 26th day since south Korean students' start of candlelight action.

Students and citizens attended the rally, holding slogan boards "Make thorough-going state investigation" and "Park Geun Hye, own responsibility for the case" and candlelights in their hands.

Speakers termed the IS's interference in the election a coup.

They said the authorities committed a coup by trampling down the people at the point of bayonet in the past but are now staging a coup by use of the IS and conservative media.

The IS is now talking about any reform but it is nonsensical, they charged.

They called for carrying on candlelight actions till the present chief executive, the very one responsible for the case of the IS's interference, steps down, being accountable for it.