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Last Saturday(3.18) in the early afternoon(KST): About 5000 activists from all across S. Korea arrived by "Peace Buses" in Seongju, a small town in Gyeongbuk-do(province) to protest the planned THAAD deployment in Seongju's vicinity.
Later, after the opening rally in front of Seongju Town Hall, the protesters, incl. hundreds of KCTU(KTU, KMWU, KHMU..) members, started the "Peace March"...
...which ended after 7 km in the tiny Soseong-ri(village) where the final struggle rally/culture festival took place(here you can watch a report by FACT TV)...
More detailed reports(in Korean), incl. lots of pics, you'll get here(by KCTU) and here(by KMWU).
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday mounted a strong defense of the plan to deploy a US missile defense system(aka THAAD) to the Korean Peninsula, saying it is a "necessary self-defense measure incomparable to any other"...(source: Yonhap, 1.23)
Well, since more than one month - at least once a week - he keeps repeating the same bullshit...
But today's Korea Times gave us an new, very important reason, why THAAD never should be deployed in S. Korea: The new U.S. government is likely to attempt to deploy more assets of its global missile defense (MD) program on and around the Korean Peninsula in addition to a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery... Washington is also expected to pressure Seoul to join the U.S.-led MD system... Should this materialize, it could provoke a severe backlash from China, which could trigger a fierce arms race in the region...(the full article you can read here)
PS. The United States is prepared for any North Korean missile launch, including the possibility of shooting it down if it were coming toward the U.S. or allies... U.S. officials said the country is fully capable of defending itself and allies against North Korean missiles, with Defense Secretary Ash Carter saying the U.S. would shoot down a missile if it were coming toward the U.S. or allies...(source: Yonhap, 1.20)
So why S. Korea needs to deploy THAAD, when the "United States is (...) fully capable of defending itself and allies against North Korean missiles..."?? Questions upon questions..(^^)
Last Friday(1.13): Korea Times headline reads as follows: Ban Ki-moon supports THAAD deployment (in S. Korea)
Yesterday's JoongAng Ilbo reported that the Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon threw his weight behind the installation of a U.S. advanced missile defense system on Sunday in a move to woo security-sensitive conservatives in what is seen as his journey toward the Blue House...
On the same day the Chinese Global Times published the following: Ban Ki-moon(...) is throwing his weight behind the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system on South Korean soil... Because of his previous role as UN secretary-general, he is expected to have more understanding over why Beijing and Moscow cannot tolerate any move to break the balance of the region... Once THAAD is set up, the current strategic balance among China, the US and Russia will be wrecked and the three sides will sharply confront one another. In that case, the Korean Peninsula will only turn into a zone filled with direct clashes of interests... South Koreans probably think that once Seoul actually sets the system up, China will find that nothing more can be done. Such thinking is too naïve. The THAAD installation in South Korea will pose a hazardous challenge to China's security and core interests. Beijing's stance on the issue can't be bargained over... (the entire piece you can read here)
Dear comrades! Keep your eyes peeled & don't trust "your" current "gov't"(黃정권)!
The acting head of state made it clear that the Park administration's plan to deploy a U.S. terminal high altitude area defense (THAAD) battery will remain unchanged...(K. Times, 12.21)
Related articles:
☞ Acting President Hwang says THAAD should be deployed quickly (Yonhap, 12.21)
☞ USFK commander says no delay in THAAD deployment (Yonhap, 12.13)
☞ MoD to quicken THAAD deployment amid post-impeachment row (Yonhap, 12.11)
About three month ago(7.15), a petition called “Rescind the decision to deploy [the] THAAD antimissile system in South Korea” was added to the 'We the People' petition platform, which is part of the White House website...
Four days ago(10.9) the petitioner got an answer from the 'We the People Team', resp. the White House: "F*CK YOU!!"(here you'll get the full text)...
Related articles:
☞ White House petition calls for THAAD deployment to be called off (Hankyoreh, 7.19)
☞ No. of petitioners to White House against THAAD deployment tops 100,000 (Yonhap, 8.11)
☞ White House rejects petition calling for halt to THAAD deployment in S. Korea (RT, 10.11)
Meanwhile, thwo days later(10.11) in central Seoul: About 3000 citizens from Gimcheon/Seongju and members of the Won Buddhist order staged a rally to protest the planned THAAD deployment in S. Korea...
US Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten...
...nominated for the job of the US strategic commander(Stratcom), said two days ago during a confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee, “From my military perspective, the THAAD missile battery does not change the strategic deterrence equation because … it doesn’t impact the ability of the strategic force to effectively operate.”(source: JoongAng Ilbo, 9.22)
So, possibly, the THAAD deployment in S. Korea is... USELESS(?)!!
Meanwhile today's Global Times reported that the "South Korean parliamentary speaker asked the government to discuss whether to deploy a US missile shield in its soil as it is a state affair of very importance. National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun told a press conference that such an issue as the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) should be discussed between the government and the parliament as it is a very important state affair, according to local media reports..."
Last but not least: Y'day evening/night the 71st anti-THAAD protest demo/rally took place in Seongju and, once again, hundreds of residents participated...
1.) Good news: Even during the Chuseok holidays(9.15~18) thousands of citizens took the streets of Seongju County to protest the planned THAAD deployment in their region!
2.) Bad news: The (so-called)People's Party, S. Korea's second-largest "opposition" party is showing signs of withdrawing its objection to the planned deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system(THAAD), today's S.K. bourgeois media reported(more info you'll get here)
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