The alliance cannot hope to address the North Korea threat until it overcomes these three hurdles.

THAAD is designed to shoot down short- and medium-range and intermediate ballistic missiles in their terminal phase, using a hit-to-kill method. Currently, South Korea is building an independent ...

Major Korean companies fear possible retaliation from China following an agreement by Korea and the United States to deploy ...

Back in 2017, when South Korea opted to deploy the U.S. THAAD system, one response from China was to ban K-pop acts from touring the country. It was a reminder of the salience of soft power.

China argues that since the bilateral decision between Seoul and Washington to deploy a THAAD battery, North Korean missile tests have expanded and are poised to rise. Thomas Karako, director of ...

In a conflict with either country, South Korea would benefit from the potential US deployment of Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country. With its ...

The South Korean Defense Ministry revealed that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile-defense system will be deployed to Seongju, located in the southeastern party of the county.

18, that the Moon Jae-in administration allegedly leaked details of U.S.-South Korea military operations related to the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system to civic groups in an ...

BEIJING, May 2. /TASS/. China calls for immediately stopping the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang ...

Zelleke, Andy, and Brian Tilley. "In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-022, December ...

The decision to deploy THAAD in South Korea was made during the Park Geun-hye administration in 2016 to counter the growing threat of North Korean nuclear weapons and missiles. However, China ...