"Pre-payment map" and holding candles online...MZ-style protest culture

[Anchor]
In a lively impeachment protest atmosphere that shakes the 'idol light stick', encouraging the rally in a clever way is being carried out.

A "pre-payment list" for participants is shared on the Internet, and their messages are announced on an online candle map.

Reporter Kim Seung-hwan reports.

[Reporter]
Crowds of rallies with colorful and cute cheering sticks filled the road in front of the National Assembly with exciting songs.

"Impeachment! Impeachment! Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol!"

As the rallies continued day after day in the cold weather, letters of certification are pouring out on social media that coffee and snacks have been paid in advance at nearby stores.

A "pre-payment map" that combines the contents that were spread through SNS has also appeared.

It gathered reports from Internet users and clearly displayed the store list, items, and quantity on the map.

The operator explained to YTN that if the current situation drags on, it plans to even indicate whether the pre-payment store is sold out in real time.

The place where I am is in front of the Yeouido National Assembly, where the assembly is held every day.Dozens of stores around here, mainly

, are eligible for pre-payment. I'll go and check it out myself.

These are the receipts that participants paid in advance to give to them when they came to the cafe.

After the start of the rally, the payment amount quickly ran out due to the influx of attendees, and the store even supports it at its own expense.

[Jang Bo-ra / Yeouido Dessert Cafe Manager: When they come in (protesting), their faces turn red and they come in because it's cold (we can't say the payment is over) and we want to do as much as we can.]

The store, which announced that 100 bowls of rice noodles had been paid in advance at a music festival, was also crowded with participants the day before.

[Yeouido Noodle Shop Staff: I think it's about 100 bowls. Business has not been good these days due to the bad economy, but yesterday (11th) helped a lot.]

A map showing Yeouido's open toilets has been created to help participants because people are flocking to the bathroom at once.The

'Online Candle Map' site is also said to have a variety of rally cultures, with more than 5,000 candles lit.

I'm YTN's Kim Seung Hwan.


Filming Reporter: Kim Hyun-mi
Design: Im Saetbyul