Demonstrations calling for the ouster of then-president Park Geun-hye began in late October. Huge “candlelight rallies” continued almost every Saturday for the next 21 weeks, with fireworks, rock concerts on professionally built stages, banners and, of course, candles (both wax and LED). Portable toilets magically appeared; the streets were cleaned after each vigil. Many praised these events as some of the most orderly and peaceful political protests in South Korean history, and even as a triumph of democracy.