The People's Emergency Action to Force the Park Geun Hye Regime to Step down grouping more than 1,550 civic and social organizations declared on Nov. 13 that they would escalate the one-million candlelight action on Nov. 12 to all parts of south Korea saying that no power could win the people.

It called for expanding the candlelight action to more than 100 regions, launching large-scale action on Nov. 19 and all citizens' meeting in Seoul on Nov. 26 if Park Geun Hye does not step down by then.

The south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions on Nov. 14 called a press conference in demand of the unconditional resignation of Park and called upon the opposition parties to more actively join in the people's resistance for the resignation of the "government".

The Citizens Solidarity for Democratic Society, Bar Association for Democratic Society and other organizations called a press conference outside the building of the "National Federation of Businessmen" on the same day.

Students, citizens, disabled people and opposition party members are escalating the "village candlelight" action.

The Taejon Movement Headquarters for Defending Democracy of south Korea launched a candlelight action in demand of the resignation of Park Geun Hye in Taejon on Nov. 14.