The Price of Democracy

Demonstrations calling for the ouster of then-president Park Geun-hye began in late October. Huge “candlelight rallies [http://35.194.100.85/korea-candlelight-revolution-pictures/]” continued almost every Saturday for the next 21 weeks, with fireworks, rock concerts on professionally built stages, banners and, of course, candles (both wax and LED). Portable toilets magically appeared; the streets were cleaned after each vigil. Many praised these events as some of the most orderly and peaceful p