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The Trump factor: Asian allies question America's reliability

By Kathrin Hille, Edward White, Primrose Riordan and John Reed
Financial Times·
13 mins to read

President's dispute with South Korea reflects widening cracks in the US-built security order in the region.

The Black Lives Matter supporters who descended on the US embassy in Seoul over the past two weeks found another demonstration already taking place: scores of hardy activists who for months have protested over Donald Trump's demand that South Korea quintuple the amount it pays for hosting American troops.

"They are here just to sell their weapons to us," says one of the protesters.

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