Yoon supporters take to YouTube

YouTube has played a key role in energizing the base of impeached Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, with his supporters, including popular right-wing YouTube personalities and Evangelical pastors, live-streaming their protests online.

Yoon himself has told protesters he is watching them online and has sent messages of support, urging them to fight.

Streamers "provide more detailed information about things that the media do not show," said Shin Jong Ho, 34.

"The press just focuses on putting big, negative headlines about us," he said, claiming mainstream media did not deliver a substantive analysis of the situation.

"I think that's why people prefer to watch YouTube because they present information more accurately. And it seems to be forging a stronger sense of unity among the conservatives."

Kim Seung Bin, 38, also agreed that YouTube was what pushed him to hit the streets in support of Yoon. The live-streams helped him realize that the protests were at the core and a battle between patriotic and anti-state forces.