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On Seoul's streets, South Korea is reeling from president's high-risk antics

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On Seoul's streets, South Korea is reeling from president's high-risk anticsNight has fallen in Seoul and the cold is biting. But outside the National Assembly, the air is bright with candles and thick with the cries of people calling for the president to be impeached.
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