April 27, 2017

"Editor's Note:

On Wednesday, the US started moving parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system to a planned deployment site in South Korea. How will this action affect the situation on the Korean Peninsula? What role can China play as it faces pressures from the deployment of THAAD and the North Korea's nuclear threats? Global Times reporter Yang Chuchu talked with two scholars on this topic.

Lü Chao, director of the North and South Korea Research Center at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences

On May 9, South Korea is going to hold a presidential election to replace the impeached Park Geun-hye. Presidential candidates such as Moon Jae-in have declared their opposition to THAAD. Therefore, the US wants to complete the deployment before the South Korean presidential election, in fear the process may be halted."

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