More than 844,000 people irrespective of age and sex took part in the candlelight actions held under the sponsorship of the emergency people's action for the resignation of the Park Geun Hye regime.

Thousands of Seoul citizens held a seminar for declaring the right to candlelight action at the Jangchung Stadium before launching a rally. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Kwanghwamun plaza to start the candlelight rally.

A resolution was read out at the rally.

At the end of the candlelight rally, its participants took to the streets.

At least 15,200 riot policemen were mobilized to repress the rally.

The demonstrators marched toward Chongwadae, the "Constitutional Court" and buildings of big business groups.

Similar rallies took place in Pusan, Taejon, Kwangju, Ulsan and about 100 other places of south Korea.