From "Cheering Stick" we made ourselves to "Into the New World" all together.

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After the emergency martial law incident, the citizens' assembly site showed a different appearance than before.

Until the moment the National Assembly's impeachment was passed, citizens waved K-pop idols' cheering sticks and witty flags instead of candles, and Girls' Generation's "Reunited World" rang out instead of folk songs at the scene.

Reporter Oh Dong-gun reports on the changed rally site.

[Reporter]
Surprised by the emergency martial law that they had only seen in textbooks, young people did not stop and stayed in front of the National Assembly until the president's impeachment was passed.

If Gwanghwamun Square was lit by candles during the 2016 state affairs manipulation scandal, the younger generation in their 20s and 30s who faced the civil war in 2024 held the cheering sticks of K-pop idols.

It has unique shapes and colors like cubes and diamonds.

A homemade fan and a flag with a witty phrase also embroidered the rally site.

[Citizen participating in the rally: I made it because I was so desperate to impeach the Yoon Suk Yeol. I just used a meme (internet buzzword) that's popular these days on A4 paper and made it "like impeachment."]

The song that rings at the rally site has also changed.

Citizens waiting for a vote on impeachment start with Girls' Generation's 'reunited world'

"Our wild paths~ Don't change the unknown future and walls!"

{Cho Ga-young / Sujin-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do: It was a little good and terrible, but I think I'm about to cry.]

I even sang the lyrics of BIGBANG's song "Cruelly".

" all meaningless! Hit it hot over the candy balin! Let's go crazy tonight!"

Idol music and light sticks, which were symbols of Korean K-pop culture, have emerged as symbols of non-violence and solidarity replacing candles through emergency martial law.

This is YTN Oh Dong-gun.