aked ▁on ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁( 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁protest ors ▁in ▁attend ance ) ▁before ▁decl ining . ▁( Ph ot ograph s ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁demonstr ations ▁from ▁" Re ut ers ", ▁" Get ty ▁Im ages " ▁and ▁" AF P " ▁are ▁published ▁here .) ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁Internet ▁and ▁text ▁mess aging ▁also ▁assist ed ▁in ▁public ising ▁the ▁movement . ▁With ▁ready ▁access ▁to ▁social ▁media , ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁protest ▁were ▁te en age ▁school g irls . ▁A ▁te en age ▁school g irl ▁holding ▁a ▁lit ▁cand le ▁became ▁the ▁symbol ▁of ▁the ▁anti - US ▁be ef ▁protest s . ▁Comment s ▁made ▁by ▁some ▁protest ors ▁had ▁little ▁basis ▁in ▁science . ▁ ▁The ▁demonstr ators ▁After ▁the ▁initial ▁demonstr ation , ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Se oul ' s ▁city ▁hall , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁ad jo ining ▁streets , ▁were ▁occupied ▁by ▁demonstr ators . ▁Early ▁in ▁the ▁protest , ▁a ▁festival ▁like ▁atmosphere ▁pre va iled ▁as ▁protest ers ▁of ▁all ▁wal ks ▁of ▁life , ▁built ▁a ▁makes h ift ▁tent ▁city ▁on ▁the ▁la wn ▁at ▁Se oul ▁Pla za . ▁However , ▁some ▁massive , ▁dis rupt ive ▁and ▁sometimes ▁ag gress ive ▁demonstr ations ▁and ▁street ▁march es ▁were ▁held ▁each ▁night , ▁particularly ▁at ▁week ends . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁protest ▁had