South Korea’s deployment of THAAD upsets China, seen as espionage tool

Re:South Korea’s deployment of THAAD upsets China, seen as e... by imglorp on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:27PM (#14166988)

What a disaster in that region last few weeks... Let's review: SK impeached its president; NK tested more missiles; US bungled the messaging of the armada, reversed position on China's currency manipulation, then "realized it's not so easy"; then China spins PR against SK for deploying a defense, then they add on some passive aggressive internet hacking.

Maybe things aren't so bad elsewhere.

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Re:South Korea’s deployment of THAAD upsets China, seen as e... by dba7dba on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:35PM (#14167067)

Actually I don't think it's that bad for South Korea, despite what some media says.

1. impeachment: Ultimate example of democracy at work. And no general stepped forward to declare he must rescue the nation from the chaos or did the society collapse. All institutions are working as they should. Unlikely to see such calm transition of power when a president is impeached in non-developed nations.

2. NK is NK, always firing missiles, even before all this.

3. S Korean govt is at least able to respond and/or have US willing to put in the weight to respond. Remember Ukraine?

No seriously, S Korea cannot be compared with other places with bad things happening now.

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