NY protest says no to US missiles in SKorea

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NEW YORK — Farmers in South Korea are opposing the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system there, and “it’s important that we also protest,” Hyun Lee told nearly 100 people demonstrating here Oct. 21. Similar actions took place in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., the same day.

Washington claims the government of North Korea is a threat to peace, noted Lee, a leader of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. “But who holds mass military maneuvers, increasing tensions? Who says they have a plan to ‘decapitate’ the leadership of North Korea? Who sends strategic bombers to the region with the capacity to drop nuclear weapons?” she asked, referring to aggressive actions and statements by U.S. and South Korean governments.

In July Seoul and Washington announced plans to install a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Seongju, South Korea. The high-powered radar and interceptor missile battery is scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2017. Working farmers in Seongju have been leading protests against it.

While Washington claims the missile system is aimed only at North Korea, it fortifies U.S. imperialism’s offensive military footing against China and Russia.

— SETH GALINSKY