SEOUL >> U.S. flags, “Stop the Steal” and the Virginia state motto are finding a home in a political battle halfway around the world from Washington, as supporters and critics of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol invoke familiar American political symbols of freedom and defiance.

As investigators closed in on Yoon on Friday, attempting to detain him in relation to insurrection charges, his supporters waved American flags, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and held signs reading “Stop the Steal,” a slogan borrowed from supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

The Virginia state flag took on new meaning more than 7,000 miles from its home, when the mayor of the southwestern Korean city of Gwangju displayed it outside City Hall to criticize Yoon.

— The Washington Post