Get together! Get angry! Resign Park Geun-hye candlelight vigil
On October 24, 2016, JTBC reported that they had obtained a tablet PC that seemed to belong to Choi Soon-sil and that it contained the circumstances in which she exchanged presidential speeches that correspond to state secrets.
However, during the march, in Jongno 1-ga, citizens broke through the police cordon and headed for Gwanghwamun Plaza to try to go straight to Cheong Wa Dae.
In order not to provoke the protesters, the police also did broadcast with polite tone and did not send any tools to suppress citizens like the sprinkler truck.
The next day, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency issued an unusual press release expressing gratitude to citizens for their rational cooperation.
From mid-October, although 'Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil gate' emerged as a key topic as the media such as JTBC, TV Chosun, The Hankyoreh reported the suspicions of corruption in the foundation, Chung Yoo-ra's admission scandal, and the blacklist of cultural and artistic circles in earnest, Park Geun-hye's government flatly denied the basic facts about Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil gate, including suspicions of establishing a foundation or revising speeches.
However, on October 24, 2016, JTBC Newsroom reported that it had obtained a tablet PC containing circumstantial evidence that Choi Soon-sil had received 44 presidential speeches equivalent to state secrets in advance.
JTBC's first report, despite only a small fraction of what was on the tablet PC, was "sound enough" to shock Korean society as it turned out to be true that Choi Soon-sil, a civilian, shared presidential documents.
However, the president's attitude to explain the situation so far only as "personal connection" did not appear to recognize her heavy responsibility as the head of state affairs, rather fueling suspicions about Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil gate.
In opening address, Jeong hyeon-chan, the president of the Catholic Farmers Association, said "Whenever the country was in trouble, we defeated the dictator not by politicians, but by the power of all the people gathered here.
"[10] Then a college student who was taken into custody after shouting for resignation in front of the National Assembly building appeared on the podium and said, "Despite a series of declarations of state of affairs, the president does not seem to know what went wrong.
[20][18][19][21] Police have also set up bus barricade on both sides of the three-way intersection in front of Gwanghwamun in preparation for the citizens heading individually to Blue House.
"[23][24] Meanwhile, Blue House seemed to be paying keen attention to public opinion as it postponed a luncheon for civilian members of the Unification Preparation Committee, which was scheduled to be held by President Park on the eve of the rally.
Analysts said that the reason of putting reorganization of Blue House forward, which was originally expected to be early and late this week, was to come up with quick measures to deal with the political situation, in which public sentiment is rapidly deteriorating to the point where it called for "resignation" and "impeachment".
[27][28] The press focused on the fact that the rally was not led by certain force, but was voluntarily participated by ordinary citizens, and that it proceeded peacefully unlike previous protests where steel pipes and water cannons appeared.
"[35] Foreign media outlets covering the Choi Soon-sil scandal also paid attention to the first candlelight vigil calling for the president to step down.
