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Upgrading South Korean THAAD At some point in the near future it will no longer be possible for South Korean policy to remain ambiguous. By May 10, 2021 Advertisement The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on the Korean Peninsula is a contentious issue between China and South Korea, with China concerned that THAAD is aimed at its ICBM installations. South Korea and the United States argue that THAAD is purely defensive, aimed against the threat of North Korean missiles. Since it is in terminal mode, with a range of 1,000km, the THAA...

Moon's last year By John Burton It will be nearly a year from now when Korea holds its next presidential election on March 9, 2022. The last year in office usually proves to be a dismal one for Korean presidents due to their lame-duck status. That appears to be the case for President Moon Jae-in, whose popularity among voters has fallen to below 40 percent from 60 percent last May. While Moon garnered strong support earlier in the year due to his government's effective response to the outbreak of COVID-19, his declining popularity is now blamed on an upsurge of COVID-19 cases since Novembe...