South Korea Voices Support for U.S. Antimissile System<br />Calling the deployment "an alliance decision," she said South Korea would "continue to collaborate on the basis of mutual trust." "My government has no intention to basically reverse the commitments made in the spirit of" the alliance, Ms. Kang said at a forum jointly organized by the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo<br />and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank based in Washington.<br />Ms. Kang also addressed another concern in Washington by saying<br />that her government would not hurry to try to reopen a jointly run industrial complex in the North Korean city of Kaesong.<br />By CHOE SANG-HUNJUNE 26, 2017<br />SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s foreign minister indicated strongly on Monday<br />that her government would honor an agreement to deploy an American missile-defense system despite protests and economic retaliation from China.<br />Ms. Kang’s remark on Monday was one of the clearest indications from Mr. Moon’s government<br />that it would honor the Thaad deal for the sake of the alliance.<br />The United States and Ms. Park’s government had insisted<br />that Thaad was necessary to guard against the growing ballistic missile threats from North Korea.<br />Moon might be looking for an excuse to cancel the deal, even though he insisted<br />that it did not mean that his government would reverse the decision made under Ms. Park.
