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Laura Bicker China correspondent, reporting from Gyeongju

<img alt="Close-up of a sign that reads "No Trump!" in red bold letters" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/10/29/95dae74b-df4e-4b2b-a3a6-39c560accbb0.jpg.webp 800w" width="1000" height="562" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/> Picture supply, EPA/Shutterstock "No Trump!" a rally of a whole lot shouted within the centre of South Korea's capital Seoul over the weekend.

"No China," chanted one other rally close by.

This is a sign of the diplomatic dance South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung must carry out this week as he hosts the leaders of each the US and China.

Seoul is - and has lengthy been - a key US ally. It nonetheless wants Washington's safety, but it surely additionally wants China, its largest buying and selling associate and a significant marketplace for exports.

After Lee visited the White Home in August, South Korea thought it had appeased its highly effective pal - Trump agreed to decrease tariffs from 25% to fifteen%.

However then greater than 300 South Koreans had been detained in an enormous immigration raid at a Hyundai plant within the US state of Georgia. This has shaken ties - particularly as a result of Hyundai is a significant investor within the US.

Anti-Chinese language sentiment in South Korea has additionally grown steadily in recent times. Chinese language interference turned a typical trope in conspiracy theories about former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol.