Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

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THAAD Will Not Protect South Korea

Elderly women held up signs reading “Illegal THAAD, back to the U.S!” as they marched, leaning on walking frames for support.  Soseong-ri, their small village in South Korea, has become the center of a fight that could lay the groundwork for U.

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China’s THAAD Revenge List

K-pop, Jeju Island, and Lotte candy — what do they all have in common? They’re all subject to China’s economic retaliation against South Korea over the decision to install Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a U.S-made missile defense system. Tensions keep rising, ranging from a recent

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All That THAAD: South Korea Rattled By China Tourism Curb

Last July, South Korea announced the decision to deploy THAAD, a U.S-produced missile defense system. Since then, the Chinese government has retaliated with a number of subtle and explicit measures, including denying South Korean entertainers access to its lucrative market. Its latest pushback appears to be discouraging Chinese citizens