{"id":68717,"date":"2025-01-03T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T04:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/03\/why-yoon-suk-yeol-supporters-us-flags-south-korea-ntwnfb"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T04:40:03","slug":"why-supporters-of-south-koreas-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-are-flying-us-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=68717","title":{"rendered":"Why supporters of South Korea\u2019s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol are flying US flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prominence of the US flag at conservative rallies reflects a complex intersection of religion, politics and identity that defines South Korea\u2019s far-right movement<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jan\/02\/south-korea-police-on-way-to-arrest-president-yoon-suk-yeol-latest-updates\">Live updates: investigators attempt to arrest Yoon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/02\/police-en-route-arrest-yoon-suk-yeol-south-korea-president\">Full report: standoff at presidential residence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/02\/police-en-route-arrest-yoon-suk-yeol-south-korea-president\">attempted to arrest<\/a> president Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday morning, his supporters gathered outside the presidential residence waving two national flags: the South Korean Taegukgi alongside the American Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p>To outsiders, the unexpected combination may seem baffling. But to Yoon\u2019s supporters, America represents more than an ally: it\u2019s a perceived ideal. The symbolism of the US flag is a declaration of a broader cultural and spiritual order they believe is under threat.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/03\/why-yoon-suk-yeol-supporters-us-flags-south-korea-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prominence of the US flag at conservative rallies reflects a complex intersection of religion, politics and identity that defines South Korea\u2019s far-right movementLive updates: investigators attempt to arrest YoonFull report: standoff at presidentia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,222,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-south-korea","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68718,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68717\/revisions\/68718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}