In recent months, South Korea has seen manifold protests against President Park Geun-hye, who has been accused of mounting a bribery scheme involving her long-term friend and confidante Choi Soon-sil. The president has been impeached, and now, in fact, removed from office, yet protests continue in public squares and avenues in central Seoul. One camp will not stop rallying until Park is jailed; the other defends her, South Korean and US flags in hand, fearful of a repeated invasion from North Korea. As the crisis unfolds, high-level executives from several big corporations are under scrutiny.