Withdrawal of THAAD Deployment Is Strong Demand of People: KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- There goes on more active protest against the deployment of U.S. THAAD among south Koreans. Representatives of civic and public organizations across south Korea at a recent meeting in Seoul pledged to stage stronger actions to check the THAAD deployment through nationwide struggle. This is a reflection of the unanimous demand of the south Koreans never to tolerate the deployment of THAAD, which could leave south Korea as an advanced base and a military base serving the U.S. world domination strategy. That's why they are all rebuffing the thrice-cursed act of treachery which can turn the Korean peninsula into a theatre of a nuclear war of big powers, and invite unprecedented calamity. The south Korean authorities, however, are uncertain about it. The THAAD issue is one of the worst evil administration left by Park Geun Hye. Before the present authorities took office, the civic and public organizations raised it as an important task for the next-term "government" to make clean with those wrongs done by the previous one including THAAD. The present authorities which put forward the removal of evil doings done by the previous regime as a slogan during their "presidential campaign" are now showing an equivocal attitude, an evident act of sycophancy and submission and a betrayal of the candlelight demonstrators. The candlelight demonstrators strongly call for the withdrawal of THAAD. Whoever tolerating THAAD deployment, defying the public mindset, will never be able to evade desertion by the people and stern punishment by the nation as the conservative traitors met. -0-