June 12, 2017

"South Korea's new government announced a last-minute decision to suspend the ongoing deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system pending a proper environmental impact study. The Moon Jae-in administration called for further deployment to come to a halt after the country's deputy minister for defense policy was relieved from duty for intentionally omitting a section about the progress of the missile defense system.

This move is widely viewed as a 'Fabian strategy' the Moon Jae-in government must take in order to deal with internal and external pressure. In actuality, the incident in which the defense official deliberately withheld critical information on the arrival of several more launchers is nothing less than a political earthquake. It has exposed a barrier in communication between the government and the army, with the latter gravely challenging the former's authority further arousing doubt and antipathy among the public."

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