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South Korea's protests against President Park Geun-hye continue to gather steam.

This is ALL OUT: AJ RAVALthe fifth straight weekend that the protests calling for Park's resignation have taken place, and the numbers keep climbing. Organisers in Seoul said 1.5 million people came, while authorities said it was more like 270,000.

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But for a country of just 50 million people, even several hundred people showing up is absolutely mind-blowing.

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Third party monitors have pegged the attendance closer to the 1 million mark than the low-hundred-thousands, as police said.

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Protesters are demanding Park step down amid a corruption scandal. She's being accused of allowing longtime-friend Choi Soon-sil to manipulate power, and extort millions from companies.

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The public has been calling for Park's impeachment, and that demand has been mounting. She comes to the end of her five-year term in February next year, and unless she steps down, she has constitutional immunity.

The weekend rallies have stretched from midday to late night, and have drawn participants from further out, in suburbs and farmlands to the capital.

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Additional reporting by The Associated Press.

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