Revealing the Reality of THAAD '3 No's and 1 Limit'... Calls for Audit and Investigation into Security Misconduct

"Intoxicated by the China Dream and North Korea Dream, Security Negligence"

On the 20th, the People Power Party confirmed the existence of the '3 No's and 1 Restriction' policy regarding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during the Moon Jae-in administration and called for an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection as well as an investigation.

The '3 No's' refer to not pursuing three things: additional deployment of THAAD, participation in the U.S. missile defense (MD) system, and a military alliance among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan. The '1 Restriction' means limiting THAAD operations so as not to target China.

Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, said at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 20th, "It was revealed today through the media that the delay in the environmental impact assessment of THAAD during the previous administration was due to high-level exchanges such as former President Moon Jae-in's visit to China," adding, "This is nothing but a security scandal that abandoned South Korea's security sovereignty to complete the president's submissive diplomacy toward China."

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Kim explained, "In December 2019, the Blue House National Security Office, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Environment discussed the formation of an evaluation council for the THAAD environmental impact assessment and decided that it should not be promoted within the year because it would inevitably have a negative impact on VIP visits to China and the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister to Korea," adding, "It has been confirmed through Ministry of National Defense documents that the essential procedure for the THAAD environmental impact assessment, the formation of the environmental evaluation council, was deliberately delayed for former President Moon's visit to China."

He emphasized, "The fact that the previous Moon administration thoroughly deceived the public is beginning to be proven by documents." Kim stressed, "Not only did they intentionally delay the normalization of THAAD operations, but they also shamelessly lied and denied the existence of the '3 No's and 1 Restriction' promise in front of the public and even concealed it. Such illegal acts can never be overlooked," adding, "This is an unprecedented act of abandoning national security sovereignty by selling out the country and its people’s safety. Those who committed security scandals intoxicated by the China Dream and North Korea Dream must be subject to an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection and investigations by the prosecution, regardless of their status or position, without any sanctuary."

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader, also called for a thorough audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection and a prosecution investigation. Yoon said, "Officials of the Moon administration have claimed that the delay in the environmental impact assessment was due to local residents' opposition, but this document confirms that it was not because of residents' opposition," adding this.

He criticized, "Basically, the Moon administration delayed the deployment of critical strategic weapons to respond to North Korea's nuclear threat in order to appease the Chinese government, and it clearly damaged the 70-year history of the South Korea-U.S. alliance," adding, "This is a disruption of national order and an intolerable act that cannot be overlooked."

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