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Seoul Government Complex ordered public officials inside to cover the windows of their offices on Saturday evening. / Yonhap |
By Lee Jin-a
Seoul Government Complex ordered public officials to close the curtains on Saturday night when about 600,000 people gathered near the buildings at Gwanghwamun Square calling for President Park Geun-hye's resignation.
News agency News1 reported on Sunday that the announcement was made several times asking the officials to cover their windows.
"Thank you for your hard work during the weekends. We would like you to draw the curtains or blinds so that the light does not go out of the building," the announcement said.
The Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Financial Services Commission and the Ministry of Unification are in the main building of the complex in Sejong-daero. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is at the annex in Sajik-ro.
The exact reason for the announcement has not been confirmed, but News1 suggested that the complex may have wanted to prevent the media from photographing public officials watching the candlelight rally from the building.
Meanwhile, Cheong Wa Dae turned its lights off during the rally on Saturday night even though about 1 million people shouted, "Park Geun-hye Out!" in Seoul and in 56 other regions across the country.
On Sunday morning, the Park administration said it took citizens' voices very seriously.
News agency News1 reported on Sunday that the announcement was made several times asking the officials to cover their windows.
"Thank you for your hard work during the weekends. We would like you to draw the curtains or blinds so that the light does not go out of the building," the announcement said.
The Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Financial Services Commission and the Ministry of Unification are in the main building of the complex in Sejong-daero. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is at the annex in Sajik-ro.
The exact reason for the announcement has not been confirmed, but News1 suggested that the complex may have wanted to prevent the media from photographing public officials watching the candlelight rally from the building.
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| The lights at Cheong Wa Dae were turned off during the rally on Saturday evening. / Yonhap |
Meanwhile, Cheong Wa Dae turned its lights off during the rally on Saturday night even though about 1 million people shouted, "Park Geun-hye Out!" in Seoul and in 56 other regions across the country.
On Sunday morning, the Park administration said it took citizens' voices very seriously.
