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Today's Yonhap News reported the following: A Seoul court on Tuesday dismissed local residents' request to temporarily invalidate the government's offering of land to host a U.S. missile defense system.

In April, 396 people filed an administrative suit against the provision of a former golf course in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province, to U.S. Forces Korea, claiming that it is a violation of the law on state-owned land. The also asked the court to suspend the land provision pending the trial.

The Seoul Administrative Court turned down their request for suspension. The court said the ownership of the land for the installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) belongs to the state and that it is a public asset to be used for military purposes, not by the public...(more you can read here)