China Wants Seoul to “Deal Properly” with the Deployment of the THAAD System
With the USFK cost sharing negotiations currently stalemated, the Chinese may see an opportunity to further drive a wedge between the US-ROK alliance by bringing up the THAAD issue again:
A few hours after Beijing’s announcement that South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha agreed with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to continue to deal properly with the THAAD issue, Seoul’s foreign ministry confirmed the matter was touched on during their talks.
Korea Times
“Regarding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) issue, yes, the foreign ministers had sessions on the matter,” an official said. Before the announcement, Seoul’s foreign ministry did not respond to questions regarding the specifics of key discussion topics touched upon during the talks.
Speculations are that Seoul maintained “silence” over the THAAD issue because President Moon Jae-in wants help from China to advance his “peace initiatives” on the Korean Peninsula.
Also, with next year’s general elections looming, Cheong Wa Dae and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) want to patch things up by ending China’s retaliation against South Korean industries following the country’s decision to deploy the radar system.
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Reagan famously said you can guarantee peace in 5 seconds. All you have to do is surrender.
Is that Moon’s approach? (Asking for a friend)
Kick out THAAD and USFK and join the PRC like the good ol’ ancient days.
@J6
Exactly, Korea can start presenting tribute to Emperor Xi at So Dae Moon (West Gate of Seoul) like Korea did in the past, take their place again as a vassal state of China.
People forget the reason Korea is not unified today is because of China, Korea had unified itself in November of 1950, then the Red Chinese invaded.