Candlelit rally tightens noose on Park

촛불집회로청와대포위행진시작

6차촛불집회가열린3일청와대 100m 앞인청운동일대에서행진에참여한시민들이비선실세최순실씨국정농단파문과관련해박근혜대통령퇴진구호를외치고있다.

It seems to have become a weekly street ritual in which hundreds of thousands of people all across the country are making their collective wish: the termination of President Park Geun-hye’s presidency.

박근혜대통령의퇴진을요구하는수십만명의집단적인바람이전국적으로일어나는가운데, 이는 주말마다 열리는 길거리 행사가된것으로보인다. The winter chilling didn’t wind down their fiery aspiration. 겨울 추위조차 이들의 뜨거운 열망을 막지못했다. Rather, the determination got stronger in the face of Park’s tenacious resistance, bringing staggering 2.3 million people into the sixth mass antiPresident rally on Saturday demanding the resignation of scandal-tainted head of state.

박 대통령의 완강한 저항에 대해 오히려결의가 더욱 굳건해지면서, 토요일 국정 농단에휘둘린박대통령의퇴진을요구하는6차집회에는무려230만명이 모였다.

It marked the highest turnout so far of the six rallies and far exceeded the previous record of 1.9 million set last Saturday.

이 숫자는 지금까지 6차 집회에서 가장많은 숫자를 기록했으며 지난 토요일에 세운이전190만명의기록을넘어선것이다.

This reflects that Park’s third speech of apology on Tuesday didn’t work at all to defuse public anger.

이것은박대통령의 화요일세번째대국민사과 담화가 결국 국민들의 분노를 해소하는데 효과가 없었다는 것을 반영하는 것이다.

Rather, the President only added fuel to the people’s anger by making it clear that she has no intention of stepping down voluntarily.

오히려, 박 대통령은 스스로 물러설 의향이 없다는 것을 분명히 하면서 국민들의 분노를가중시켰을뿐이다.

“I wouldn’t come here if I was not angry,” said a housewife surnamed Ko, 48. “Park’s third speech shows she has no remorse for what she did. Park should resign with dishonor. I don’t need to listen to her fourth apology.”

48세의 가정주부인고씨는“분노하지않았다면여기오지않았다”면서“박대통령의 세번째 담화는 반성이 없다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 박대통령은불명예로물러나야한다. 네번째사과는 들을필요가 없다”고 목소리를냈다. < 12월 5일자코리아타임스1면기사>

Korea Times photo by Kim Joo-sung Protestors demanding President Park Geun-hye’s resignation over the influence-peddling scandal surrounding her confidant Choi Soon-sil gather 100 meters from Cheong Wa Dae during the sixth consecutive weekend rally in central Seoul, Dec. 3.