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"The level of abuse my husband is receiving wishing death on him, vile comments about me, about us as a couple and about him as a person is beyond disgusting," she said.

In the aftermath of that shocking December night, South Koreans were mostly united in their disgust for the president and what he had attempted to do.

One family from Manchester, who visited the area after a recommendation from their family member, agreed that the pile of rubbish was "disgusting".

“The short answer is speech, even the vulgar and disgusting speech that this guy is using, is protected by our Constitution,” he said.

"A lot of young people have no real experience of being exposed to tobacco, but of those that did, there was a sense of disgust where they encountered it in the street."