Official Tally of Protesters in Seoul Demonstrations

The Seoul City Subway reported that after analyzing traffic at subways near the demonstration for up to 11 pm., more than 460,000 people attended the protests using the subway. They compared the normal traffic on Saturdays with the traffic during the Saturday of the protests.

As the subway usually carries 37% of the traffic, it is estimated that over 1.27 million people attended as of 11 pm that night.

The protests lasted until 3:00 am., until the police asked the remaining demonstrators to disperse.

The police unashamedly state only 260,000 attended.

There were also demonstrations in other cities in Korea, and all around the world.