Stop the planned deployment of THAAD
Stop the planned deployment of THAAD
The south Korean people of various circles strongly protest against the planned deployment of THAAD, because if the THAAD is deployed in south Korea the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula is looming. Civic organizations in Daegu and north Gyengsang Province called a press conference on Feb. 12 to criticize the planned deployment of THAAD is part of realizing the US Asia hegemony. The south Korean authorities’ move to deploy THAAD is illogical, they asserted. The solidarity held a meeting outside the U.S. embassy and staged a demonstration on Feb. 13 demanding a stop to the THAAD deployment and joint military drills against the DPRK, conclusion of the DPRK-U.S. peace treaty and resignation of Park Geun-hye. The south Korean people should drive out the Park regime, a marionette of the US, in order to become masters of this land, they asserted. They stressed that they should open up the path to independent reunification in order to remove the vicious circle of driving the people’s life to death. The Bar Association for Democratic Society of south Korea staged a demonstration in protest against the south Korean authorities' reckless moves to introduce THAAD from the U.S in Seoul on Feb. 16. Saying that the planned deployment of THAAD would wreck peace, the current situation endangers the peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, they charged. The association declared it would continue the struggle till the regime stops the planned deployment of THAAD. The Citizens Measure Committee Opposing the Deployment of THAAD in Wonju comprising the public organizations in Wonju, Gangwon Province of south Korea held a press conference at the city office on Feb. 17 to protest against the south Korean authorities’ move to deploy THAAD. The speakers disclosed that Wonju, Pyeongtaek in Gyonggi Province and Daegu are under discussion as the sites for the deployment of THAAD. They said no to the deployment of THAAD in Wonju and any other parts of south Korea. The south Korean authorities’ move to deploy THAAD is an intolerable treacherous act to plunge the Korean nation’s destiny into a disaster of nuclear war in tandem with Washington’s global supremacy. |