Watch: South Korean protesters scuffle with police over US anti-missile system ahead of inter-Korean summit
Protesters scuffle with police over US anti-missile system ahead of the inter-Korean summit
About 200 protesters in the southern city of Seongju blocked the road to oppose the deployment of construction trucks, equipment and workers into the site hosting the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system
SouthKoreanprotesters scuffled with police on Monday (April 23) during a demonstration against a plan to bring some 22 construction vehicles into a U.S. anti-missile system base, in what could become a political risk for President Moon Jae-in ahead of the first inter-Koreansummitin more than a decade.
About 200 protesters in the southern city of Seongju blocked the road to oppose the deployment of construction trucks, equipment and workers into the site hosting the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.
"A peace treaty is being discussed... There is no more North Korea (nuclear threat) as an excuse (for deployment of THAAD). We can neither understand nor accept construction plans to operate the THAAD," the THAAD residents' committee said in a statement.
As recently stated byone ofthe opponent's tothe deployment ofUS anti-missile systems, Justice Party MP Kim Jong-dae, "we must approach the THAAD issue not fromthe standpoint ofprotests aroundthe base, butfrom the point ofview ofa strategic atmosphere ofpeace, including the development ofinter-Korean and North Korean-US relations."
The system is aimed at defending against an attack by North Korea which has been pursuing nuclear and missile programs in defiance of UNSecurity Council resolutions, prompting threats of war from both the North and the United States.
The Defence Ministry said it is checking the exact number of residents injured from Monday's scuffle, although "no one seems to have been severely injured so far," an official said.
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Taking turns in small groups, residents of Soseong-ri have been blocking the only road to the site since the middle of last year, so that no military vehicles enter the deployment site, forcing the U.S. military to use helicopters instead to shuttle fuel, food and other supplies.
The US Army's THAAD system that has been deployed inSouth Korea underthe 2016 deal betweenthe two countries is designed toshoot downshort- tomedium-range ballistic missiles inthe terminal phase oftheir approach toa target.
China strongly opposes the THAAD deployment asit believes it could be used asan instrument againstthe country.