South Korea on Thursday re-affirmed its position to deploy a US missile defense system in its soil as planned despite strong opposition from neighboring countries.
Seoul’s foreign ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck told a press briefing that Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) deployment in South Korea is a sovereign, self-defensive act to protect people’s safety and the country’s security from North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats.
His comments came a day after seven lawmakers of the biggest opposition Minjoo Party arrived in Beijing to talk with senior Chinese officials about the THAAD installation.
The main opposition party has opposed the US anti-missile system’s deployment. Major presidential contenders of the party pledged to review the THAAD deployment decision, calling for the current government to stop all of the deployment process to leave it to next government.
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