Bold statement: The Black Lives Matter banner hanging outside the US Embassy in Seoul before it was removed. — AP
Seoul: The US embassy in South Korea has removed banners celebrating the Black Lives Matter movement and gay pride after running afoul of President Donald Trump’s administration.
The embassy had unfurled a banner on the building reading “Black Lives Matter” at the weekend in solidarity with the global movement that emerged after the killing of African American George Floyd.
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