Protests were planned across South Korea on Saturday, as supporters and opponents of suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol prepared to hold rival rallies two weeks after he was impeached. An organiser of a rival anti-Yoon rally said the anger of those who supported his impeachment was "burning even more intensely".
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