25.06.2017 - 06:56 [ Yonhap ]

Villagers protest missile defense system as S. Korea, U.S. leaders set to meet

„THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) turned our tranquil village upside down. I couldn‘t focus on my farming because I also have to come out to keep watch over the Americans,“ said Do Geum-nyon, an 81-year-old women who has been living in the village of Seongju county, 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul, since her marriage at 20.