Hundreds of thousands flood Seoul streets for 5th weekend of protests

For the 5th consecutive weekend, hundreds of thousands of South Koreans flooded the streets of Seoul Saturday demanding the resignation of their president, Park Geun-hye, over allegations that she gave undue influence and favors to a personal friend.

Estimates of this weekend's crowd vary from 270,000 to 1.5 million people participating in the peaceful march. Park has apologized and spoken with prosecutors but so far refuses to resign, leading to talk of impeachment. "I was watching the news and thought this cannot go on," said protester Kwak Bo-youn. "People really want her to step down but she hasn't."

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