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A group of South Korean students broke into the residence of American ambassador Harry Harris, in a protest against Donald Trump’s campaign to get the Asian nation to pay more for US military support.
Nineteen students, who described themselves as members of a liberal university students’ group, were detained by police after staging a protest against plans to impose a
bigger financial burden for the
stationing of US troops in the country, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
The students used a ladder to climb the walls of the ambassador’s residence, next to an old South Korean palace, and urged Harris to leave the country.
The incident happened days before officials from the US
and South Korea are due to meet in Honolulu for the next round of talks on sharing defense costs.
After the incident, Seoul police dispatched 80 more officers to beef up security of the envoy’s home, according to Yonhap.