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Participants dressed in black offer white flowers for the ruling People Power Party (PPP) during a staged funeral ceremony in front of the PPP headquarters in Seoul, Wednesday, to denounce the party's collective boycott of the impeachment vote on President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law. Newsis By Lee Hae-rin Koreans are bursting with creativity in nationwide protests against President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law and the ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) boycott of last Saturday's vote at the National Assembly to impeach Yoon. At 11 a.
m. Wednesday, a group of citizens in their 20s and 30s staged a funeral ceremony for the ruling party in front of its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. The group sentenced the party as “politically dead,” demanding its dismantlement.
Among over 200 mock mourners dressed in black, some wore white ribbons and claimed they were "funerary human wreaths." They lined up to offer 105 chrysanthemum flowers before a black-and-white portrait of the party, representing the 105 ruling lawmakers who refused to vote on the impeachment motion on Saturday, mimicking funerary customs. "The People Power Party neglected the traitor Yoon Suk Yeol by being absent from the vote on Dec.
7 and failed to prevent the unpredictable follow-up, pushing the people into anxiety," a Daejeon-based funeral director surnamed Cha, 29, said. Participants dressed in black offer white flowers and funerary envolopes for the ruling People Power Party (PPP) during a staged funeral ceremony in front of the PPP headquarters in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap "We sentence them to death by the power of the people as they destroyed the constitutional order and lost their function as a political party," he said.
He then sang a traditional mourning melody, triggering bursts of laughter from the audience. Meanwhile, about 30 wreaths of condolence bouquets were placed in front of the PPP’s regional office in Ulsan, sent by citizens denouncing the ruling lawmakers’ boycott of the impeachment vote. The wreaths displayed large ribbons carrying messages that criticized the PPP lawmakers who skipped the vote on Yoon's impeachment motion.
At the funeral ceremony, participants wearing masks of Yoon, first lady Kim Keon Hee and PPP Chairman Han Dong-hoon staged a satirical performance, acting to be arrested and imprisoned. Participants wearing masks of President Yoon Suk Yeol, First Lady Kim Keon Hee and PPP Chairman Han Dong-hoon, stage a satirical performance in Ulsan, Wednesday. Newsis In Busan, a civic group calling for the resignation of the Yoon administration also held a funeral in front of the PPP’s regional office.
They put a banner with the party’s name on a coffin and made remarks condemning PPP lawmakers who did not participate in the presidential impeachment vote. Then the group stage a protest performance with chrysanthemum flowers after delivering the coffin through the back gate of the building. Participants carry a coffin wrapped with a banner that reads "Traitor accomplice People Burden Party" during a funeral performance in front of a regional office of the People Power Party (PPP) in Busan, Wednesday, to denounce the party's collective boycott of the impeachment vote on President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law.
Newsis While candlelit vigils continue to be held in front of the National Assembly and across the country every evening to call for Yoon’s resignation, many people are sharing ideas online about various protest tools to replace candles. For example, an X user shared a video of a self-made Christmas LED wire bulb that was knitted into the palm of his hand and fixed to a hand-shaped clapper. The video was reposted more than 20,000 times, as of 3 p.
m. Another user uploaded photos of a self-made torch by rolling Christmas bulbs in a shoe spatula. In search of “something bright to sway," like candlelights, others recommended luminous safety rods sold in Daiso or lightsaber toys of various designs sold on the internet.
Meanwhile, Koreans living overseas who cannot participate in the protests in person are increasingly pre-paying for coffee and snacks at coffee shops and restaurants near the protest venues for participants. An X user posted a receipt of a 5 million won ($3,492) payment for a bakery in Yeouido. "Dear friends on Twitter, a man in his 50s paid 5 million won worth of coffee (about 1,200 cups) in advance for those coming to the rally," the user said.
"But he didn't do any social networking services, so he asked, 'Can you spread this online?'" @_annakook Strangers prepay for drinks at cafes for protesters to drink something warm while they’re out in the cold?? the news can feel so negative at times so thought I’d share these moments that made me smile #protest #southkorea #impeachment #kpop #culture #fyp ♬ original sound - Anna Kook In addition, a number of posts followed, offering protest participants pre-paid coffee, cookies, kimchi stew and dumplings. "It is impossible for me to participate in the protest because I live abroad, but I stand in solidarity ..
. Please stay warm and safe," another user wrote..
