South Korean Communities Protest Planned US Missile Battery

Red banners line the winding road that leads up to the Lotte Skyhill Country Club in rural Seongju County.  Some of the signs read “We Oppose THAAD” and “THAAD Must Go Back To The US”. Last month, the South Korean government chose the private golf course, around 220 km south of Seoul, as the deployment site for the U.S. military’s Terminal High Altitude Arial Defense system. THAAD is a missile shield that is expected to be delivered to the peninsula next year and is meant to...

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