Protests against President Trump spread across the United States, KBS 뉴스 reported on Sunday, with demonstrators gathering under the "No Kings" banner roughly two and a half weeks before the midterm elections. The rallies were held nationwide, according to the outlet.
KBS 뉴스 tied the wave of demonstrations to backlash over a relaxation of sanctions on Russia, describing it as an aftereffect of that policy shift. The broadcaster did not give crowd sizes or a list of cities in the material available.
Other Korean outlets covering the same weekend of demonstrations reported similar scenes. MBC 뉴스 and 연합뉴스 both carried the message "We have no king — judge Trump through the vote," while 뉴스핌 framed the moment as "not a blue wave but a Republican collapse" with 17 days left until the midterms. 뉴시스 reported demonstrators calling Trump "the most corrupt president in history."
The coverage places the protests within the final stretch of the midterm campaign, when control of Congress is at stake. The outlets did not report any official response from the White House or from Republican Party officials.
Watch for whether the demonstrations translate into turnout in the midterm contests, and for any official reaction to the sanctions decision that KBS 뉴스 identified as the trigger.