Korean women take on US President Donald Trump

Korean women are leading a movement to re-define their country's relationship with Washington

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis recently made the Trump administration’s first overseas trip. His destination: South Korea and Japan.

Coming on the heels of Donald Trump’s loud complaints about America’s “freeloading” allies, Mattis was there to assure South Korean and Japanese officials of America’s commitment to the trilateral security alliance between the three countries.

Yet Trump is hardly the only critic of Washington’s military alliances in the region. Civil society organisations in the region have long complained about their governments’ deference to the United States, from challenging US military bases to warning against policies that could draw their countries