S Korea-Anti-Park Demonstration

Anti-Park demonstrations continue in Seoul

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Shotlist


Seoul, South Korea – Feb 24, 2017
1. Various of figures, protesters at anti-Park protest site
2. Various of photos of victims of Suwol ferry accident
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Yong-taek, anti-Park protestor:
"She is our commander in chief and she didn't do anything for the 304 people who drowned. She just watched as the ship sank."
4. Protest site
5. Protest sign with photo of Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Eun-yop, anti-Park protestor:
"Park Geun-hye's resignation won't change the world. Now the matter of serious importance is to resolve labor problems and to clean up the big companies. This has to be resolved together with the resignation of Park Guen-hye."
7. Sven Schwerensky, representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, walking toward window
8. Traditional building
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Schwerensky, Representative, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (starting with shot 8):
"It is going to be one of those turning points in political history in Korea. It has contributed to make people more aware of the need for political education, for a different type of political education and it has also politicized the younger generations."
10. Various of traditional buildings


Storyline


South Korea's capital Seoul continues to witness mass demonstrations calling for the immediate resignation of president Park Geun-hye, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving many of the country's biggest companies.

Aside from the big weekend demonstrations there are also semi-permanent protest sites in the city center.

One of the sites accuses the president of dereliction of duty in the Suwol ferry disaster in which hundreds of students died.

"She is our commander in chief and she didn't do anything for the 304 people who drowned. She just watched as the ship sank," said anti-Park protestor Kim Yong-taek.

Other protestors want the alleged cozy relationship between big companies and government made more transparent.

"Park Geun-hye's resignation won't change the world. Now the matter of serious importance is to resolve labor problems and to clean up the big companies. This has to be resolved together with the resignation of Park Guen-hye," said anti-Park protestor Lee Eun-yop.

Despite South Korea's history of corruption scandals and mass demonstrations, analysts say the magnitude of the latest crisis has challenged the entire system.

"It is going to be one of those turning points in political history in Korea. It has contributed to make people more aware of the need for political education, for a different type of political education and it has also politicized the younger generations," said Sven Schwerensky, representative of German political foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Park Geun-hye's fate now rests in the hands of the Constitutional Court, which will wrap its investigation into whether the president should be officially impeached on Monday, and reach a verdict at a later date.

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  • ID : 8043969
  • Dateline : Feb 24, 2017
  • Location : Seoul,Republic of Korea
  • Category : politics
  • Duration : 1'19
  • Audio Language : English/Korean/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network(CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2017-02-25 14:24
  • Last Modified : 2017-05-10 06:58:00
  • Version : 2

S Korea-Anti-Park Demonstration

Anti-Park demonstrations continue in Seoul

Dateline : Feb 24, 2017

Location : Seoul,Republic of Korea

Duration : 1'19

  • English


Seoul, South Korea – Feb 24, 2017
1. Various of figures, protesters at anti-Park protest site
2. Various of photos of victims of Suwol ferry accident
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Yong-taek, anti-Park protestor:
"She is our commander in chief and she didn't do anything for the 304 people who drowned. She just watched as the ship sank."
4. Protest site
5. Protest sign with photo of Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Eun-yop, anti-Park protestor:
"Park Geun-hye's resignation won't change the world. Now the matter of serious importance is to resolve labor problems and to clean up the big companies. This has to be resolved together with the resignation of Park Guen-hye."
7. Sven Schwerensky, representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, walking toward window
8. Traditional building
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Schwerensky, Representative, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (starting with shot 8):
"It is going to be one of those turning points in political history in Korea. It has contributed to make people more aware of the need for political education, for a different type of political education and it has also politicized the younger generations."
10. Various of traditional buildings



South Korea's capital Seoul continues to witness mass demonstrations calling for the immediate resignation of president Park Geun-hye, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving many of the country's biggest companies.

Aside from the big weekend demonstrations there are also semi-permanent protest sites in the city center.

One of the sites accuses the president of dereliction of duty in the Suwol ferry disaster in which hundreds of students died.

"She is our commander in chief and she didn't do anything for the 304 people who drowned. She just watched as the ship sank," said anti-Park protestor Kim Yong-taek.

Other protestors want the alleged cozy relationship between big companies and government made more transparent.

"Park Geun-hye's resignation won't change the world. Now the matter of serious importance is to resolve labor problems and to clean up the big companies. This has to be resolved together with the resignation of Park Guen-hye," said anti-Park protestor Lee Eun-yop.

Despite South Korea's history of corruption scandals and mass demonstrations, analysts say the magnitude of the latest crisis has challenged the entire system.

"It is going to be one of those turning points in political history in Korea. It has contributed to make people more aware of the need for political education, for a different type of political education and it has also politicized the younger generations," said Sven Schwerensky, representative of German political foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Park Geun-hye's fate now rests in the hands of the Constitutional Court, which will wrap its investigation into whether the president should be officially impeached on Monday, and reach a verdict at a later date.

ID : 8043969

Published : 2017-02-25 14:24

Last Modified : 2017-05-10 06:58:00

Source : China Global Television Network(CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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