{"id":21806,"date":"2022-08-10T14:48:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/10\/china-south-korea-clash-over-thaad-anti-missile-system\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:59:10","slug":"china-south-korea-clash-over-thaad-anti-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2022\/08\/10\/china-south-korea-clash-over-thaad-anti-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"China, South Korea clash over THAAD anti-missile system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 South Korea\u2019s government stressed Wednesday it will make its own decisions in strengthening its defenses against North Korean threats, rejecting Chinese calls that it continue the polices of Seoul\u2019s previous government that refrained from adding more U.S. anti-missile batteries that are strongly opposed by Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The differences between South Korea and China underscored a reemerging rift between the countries just a day after their top diplomats met in eastern China and expressed hope that the issue wouldn\u2019t become a \u201cstumbling stone\u201d in relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilateral ties took a significant hit in 2017 when South Korea installed a missile battery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/space-missile-defense\/2017\/08\/03\/politics-both-home-and-abroad-drive-south-korea-thaad-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\">employing the U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system<\/a>, or THAAD, in response to nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision drew an angry reaction from China, which said the anti-missile system could be reconfigured to peer into its territory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/03\/20\/thaad-s-connection-to-candy-makeup-and-k-pop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing retaliated<\/a> by suspending Chinese group tours to South Korea and obliterating the China business of South Korean supermarket giant Lotte, which had provided land for the missile system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s previous president, Moon Jae-in, a liberal who pursued engagement with North Korea, tried to repair relations with Beijing by pledging the \u201cThree Nos\u201d \u2014 that Seoul wouldn\u2019t deploy any additional THAAD systems; wouldn\u2019t participate in U.S.-led missile defense networks; and wouldn\u2019t form a trilateral military alliance with Washington and Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon\u2019s dovish approach has been discarded by his conservative successor, Yoon Suk Yeol, who has vowed stronger security cooperation with Washington and expressed a willingness to acquire more THAAD batteries to counter accelerating North Korean efforts to expand its nuclear weapon and missile programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on Tuesday\u2019s meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his South Korean counterpart, Park Jin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin in a briefing Wednesday reaffirmed Beijing\u2019s stance that the THAAD system in South Korea undermines its \u201cstrategic security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that Seoul had committed to a policy of \u201cThree Nos and One Limit,\u201d the latter apparently referring to a pledge to limit the operations of the THAAD battery already in place, something Seoul has never publicly acknowledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe two foreign ministers had another in-depth exchange of views on the THAAD issue, making clear their respective positions and enhancing mutual understanding,\u201d Wang said. 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