3rd protester dies as S. Korea braces for more rallies
Source: Associated Press
3rd protester dies as S. Korea braces for more rallies
Kim Tong-hyung, Associated Press Updated 11:20 pm, Friday, March 10, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police on Saturday braced for more violence between opponents and supporters of ousted President Park Geun-hye, who was stripped of her powers by the Constitutional Court over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into a political turmoil.
Three people died and dozens were injured in clashes between police and Park's supporters after the ruling Friday, according to police, which detained seven protesters for questioning.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency was planning to deploy nearly 20,000 officers and hundreds of buses to separate the two crowds, whose passionate rallies have divided the streets near the presidential palace in the past several weekends as the scandal worsened.
The court's decision capped a stunning fall for the country's first female leader. Park rode a wave of lingering conservative nostalgia for her late dictator father to victory in 2012, only to see her presidency crumble as millions of furious protesters filled the nation's streets.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/South-Korea-s-president-formally-ousted-by-court-10991553.php
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