PHOTOS: Thousands of demonstrators protest Trump's visit to South Korea

Thousands of South Korean protesters gathered in front of the US Embassy in Seoul ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the country on Tuesday. Demonstrators marched with signs, sang songs, and choreographed dances.

The US president is currently touring parts of the Asia Pacific, and was set to visit the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday before heading to Vietnam, China and the Philippines.

"I came here to protest because I'm afraid of a war," a 37-year-old protester told The Washington Post on Saturday."And if a war breaks out, we all die."

A few blocks away from the main protest, a smaller pro-Trump demonstration was taking place.

South Korea is seen as one of the US' most strategic allies as rhetoric between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un became increasingly hostile in recent months over North Korea's missile program.