"Yoon Suk Yeol, step down".Candlelight vigils at the same time nationwide for the first time in eight years

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Rallies were held in major city squares across the country, including Gwangju, Busan, and Daegu, calling for the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

It has been eight years since Park Geun Hye's presidency, when candlelight vigils are held simultaneously across the country.

Reporter Oh Sun-yeol put together the situation across the country.

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In May 1980, the former Jeonnam Provincial Government, where Gwangju citizens resisted to the end against the oppression of Chun Doo-hwan's new military,

The roar of democratization rang out again at the May 18 Democratic Square, where the historical torch relay was held.

Angered by the emergency decree, which undermined the national dignity of the Republic of Korea and reversed the history of democracy, the citizen strongly urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down immediately.

[Jung Sung Hong / Gwangju Nam-gu: First, we want Yoon Suk Yeol to step down. I would like to emphasize this part that beyond resignation, we have to arrest now, we have to apply the crime of rebellion.]

In Busan, a pan-citizens' meeting was also held to immediately step down from the Yoon Suk Yeol for criminals of military rebellion and martial law violence.

[Kim Ga-young / Busan Moon Hyun-dong: I don't know if the president is giving so many people a hard time. I hope you can come down as soon as possible so that the people can have a comfortable day.

In Daegu, the downtown square was also flooded with citizens and workers who participated in the national convention.

In particular, 1,000 university alumni and graduates in Daegu and Gyeongbuk announced the Declaration of Emergency Situations.

[Kim Sung-sik / Kyungpook National University Student: The rule of law has all collapsed since the inauguration of the Yoon Suk Yeol government, and I couldn't see the rule of law in this martial law, so I feel really dark.]

In Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, an emergency candlelight vigil for the resignation of Yoon Suk Yeol continued for the first time in eight years.

[Yeo Min-young / Jeonju City, Jeollabuk-do: Watching the soldiers enter the National Assembly made me feel miserable. At the same time, I felt hope as I saw the movements that tried to stop it.

Candlelight vigils in Gangwon and Jeju are spreading across the country like the fire of agents.

Calls for President Yoon Suk Yeol's resignation have been growing in many parts of the country since the first emergency decree in 45 years was lifted in six hours at the request of the National Assembly.

This is YTN Osunyeol.