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The conservative opposition party candidate seeking to replace South Korean President Moon Jae-in at next year’s election has kept open the possibility of further deployments of an American missile system that China sees as a threat. The People Power Party’s Yoon Seok-youl, a former top prosecutor, said it would be up to Seoul to decide “how much we bolster missile defence systems including Thaad and how deeply we coordinate with the United States and Japan [for defence]”. “These issues should be decided upon in accordance with our security situations,” he said. Yoon was referring to the Terminal High Altitude Area...
