Following high school students' protests demanding improved educational environments, large-scale anti-government protests spread, following the 'yellow vests' movement.
Large-scale protests of 500,000 people took place in 1,750 locations across France to protest the surge in living costs and fuel prices, resulting in chaos, including arson of vehicles, looting of stores, and fire at city hall buildings.
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As protests demanding improvement in poor educational environments continue for four weeks, additional protests have broken out against the soaring cost of living and fuel prices.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Another large-scale protest took place on the 17th (local time) in France, where high school students' angry cries demanding improvement of the poor educational environment have continued for four weeks.
This time, citizens protesting the sky-rocketing cost of living and skyrocketing fuel prices poured into the streets wearing yellow fluorescent vests as a continuation of the 'Yellow Vest' movement, a large-scale anti-government protest in 2018.
On this day, rallies were held in 1,750 locations across the country, including Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, and the number of participants reached 500,000.
The city centers of major cities turned into chaos, with cars burning, stores being looted, and tear gas and water cannons rampaging through the streets.
In Limoges, a small city in southwestern France, the 140-year-old city hall building burned down and its bell tower collapsed after being attacked by protesters.
Department stores and luxury goods stores in central Paris were also targets of looting. For more details, please watch the video.

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