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Members of civic and religious groups, students and citizens hold a candlelight protest in Seoul Plaza outside City Hall on the one year anniversary of Park Geun-hye’s election as president, criticizing Park’s uncommunicative and divisive ruling style and the resulting damage to South Korean democracy, Dec. 19, on the first anniversary of Park Geun-hye’s election victory. Organizers estimated the number of participants at around 30,000. (by Kim Bong-gyu, staff photographer)