Pompeo forces ambassador to South Korea to take down embassy’s Pride & Black Lives Matter banners

The Chancery at the American embassy in South Korea flies a rainbow flag for Pride month.
Photo: Facebook/U.S. Embassy Seoul

The U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea has removed a rainbow Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner from the exterior of its chancery after a request from the U.S. State Department direct from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Ambassador Harry Harris had hung the BLM banner from the building’s facade. The Pride flag had been hanging since late May, presumably in preparation for Pride month in June.

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In a June 13 tweet, the embassy explained that it had hung the BLM flag to show “solidarity” and “support for the fight against racial injustice and police brutality as we strive to be a more inclusive & just society.”

The State Department says it requested the BLM banner be removed because…

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