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Vol. 81/No. 17 May 1, 2017
US THAAD anti-missile battery out of Korea!
Inset, Militant/Seth Galinsky
NEW YORK — “We need your help to stop THAAD,” Sounghye Kim, inset right,
with translator Juyeon Rhee, told a meeting of 75 people at New York
University April 13. ”That’s why I’ve come to the United States, because
that’s where it’s from.” Kim was referring to Terminal High Altitude
Area Defense, a high-powered radar and anti-missile battery that the
U.S. military is currently installing in South Korea.
Kim, a Buddhist minister and co-chair of the Seongju Struggle Committee
to Stop THAAD, was on a nine-city U.S. speaking tour. She showed videos
of demonstrations of residents of Seongju and others protesting
construction of the military installation. Above, 5,000 protested in
Seongju March 18.
The Pentagon claims the anti-missile battery is needed to protect South
Korea from attack from the North. North Korea says — correctly — that
history shows the real war threat comes from Washington. Beijing sees
THAAD as a spy station that violates China’s sovereignty.
Betsy Yoon, from Nodutdol, one of the sponsors of the meeting, pointed
to Washington’s role in forcibly dividing Korea after World War II and
waging war from 1950 to 1953. “The United States dropped more bombs on
Korea than it dropped in the Pacific Theatre during all of World War
II,” she said.
Washington has refused to sign a peace treaty with North Korea. The
war’s effects are still felt today in the North and South. Most favor
reunification.
— SETH GALINSKY
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SWP in 1950: ‘Stop US Korea War! US troops out now!’
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