Protesters wearing mask of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) during a rally to denounce policies of Moon on North Korea near the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea. - AP
SEOUL: Protesters angry over American demands that South Korea pay more for defence destroyed portraits of the US ambassador stuck on blocks of tofu outside the American Embassy on Friday (Dec 13) after police warned them against staging a more aggressive demonstration.
US Ambassador Harry Harris has become a political lightning rod for South Koreans angered by US President Donald Trump's push to get South Korea to pay billions of dollars more toward maintaining the 28,500 American troops stationed there.
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