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THAAD and anti-Chinese sentiment

THAAD and anti-Chinese sentiment

Sah Dong-seok – The Korea Times Anti-American sentiment was once a hot-button issue in Korea. Koreans’ antipathy against the United States flared up amid allegations that their traditional ally has supported military dictatorship for decades. Arguments that the U.S. turned a blind eye to the military’s massacre of civilians in the southwestern city of Gwangju in […]

China, Russia to take counter-measures over THAAD deployment

China, Russia to take counter-measures over THAAD deployment

China and Russia will take counter-measures against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea, read an editorial published in the People’s Daily on August 4. The decision of the US and South Korea to deploy THAAD will pose a threat to the strategic security of both China and Russia, […]

THAAD and Korea’s Cold War lessons

THAAD and Korea’s Cold War lessons

Arthur I. Cyr – The Korea Times Sustained North Korea threats, and nuclear weapon and missile tests, have led the Obama administration and President Park Geun-hye’s government of South Korea to agree to deploy the Lockheed Martin THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Air Defense) anti-missile system. Beijing is reacting with consternation, but China’s arms buildup and […]

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