Thousands of South Koreans take to streets amid surge in Covid-19 infections calling for President Moon Jae-in to step down
Members of conservative civic groups march down a street during an anti-government protest in central Seoul, South Korea on August 15, 2020.
Municipal officials in Seoul had sought to forbid the slew of rallies planned by conservative activist and Christian groups for a holiday celebrating the 75th anniversary of the nation’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II. Some South Korean conservatives insist that the April parliamentary elections convincingly won by Moon’s party were rigged, although most experts see such claims as false conspiracy theories.
Health officials are planning to isolate and test some 4,000 members of the church, led by ultra-conservative pastor Jun Kwang-hun, a vocal critic of Moon who frequently led anti-government rallies over the past year.The demonstrations took place as the government announced stronger social distancing restrictions for the greater capital area following a spike in Covid-19 infections.
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