History of candlelight rallies in South Korea
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In South Korea, candlelight rallies,[1] also referred to as the Candlelight Struggle,[2] Candlelight Revolution,[3] or a candlelight cultural festival and is also attended with a humorous props and banner along with candles.[4] Candlelight protests[5] are symbolic collective gatherings of political dissent in South Korea to combat injustice peacefully.[6] This method of protesting began in 1992 for opposing the charging of online service. After that in 2002, as a result of the Yangju highway incident,[1] then utilized in the rallies against the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004, re-used again in the 2008 U.S. beef protests, and emerged in the 2016-18 President Park Geun-hye protests.[7]