Supporters, detractors of Park jam Seoul

Tens of thousands of people took part in two rallies in Seoul on Saturday, protesting for and against impeached President Park Geun-Hye, after months of political turmoil in South Korea.

Park was impeached by parliament in December over a corruption scandal that tapped into mounting economic and social frustrations and brought millions of people onto the streets in weekly protests.

The Constitutional Court in Seoul is now deliberating whether to approve the impeachment, which would trigger new elections, or to allow her to see out her five-year term. Saturday's pro-Park protest drew around 50,000 people, including several elderly ,who grew up under her late dictator father, Park Chung-Hee – the man credited with the nation's rapid industrialisation.