Board of Audit and Inspection Reviews Audit on 'Moon Government THAAD Allegations'

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The Board of Audit and Inspection has begun reviewing whether to conduct an audit on allegations that the normalization of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) base was intentionally delayed during the Moon Jae-in administration.

The Republic of Korea Reserve Generals Association (Daesujang) filed a public interest audit request with the Board of Audit and Inspection on the 31st of last month, targeting the previous administration's Blue House and Ministry of National Defense. Daesujang is an organization composed of about 870 retired generals, including former Ministers of National Defense Kim Tae-young, Lee Jong-gu, and Kim Dong-shin.

Daesujang requested the Board of Audit and Inspection to investigate the reasons for the delay in forming the environmental impact assessment committee related to the THAAD deployment during the Moon Jae-in administration. They also claimed that the disclosure of measurement results regarding THAAD's electromagnetic waves and low-frequency noise was avoided, demanding a thorough fact-finding.

The environmental impact assessment for the THAAD base has been underway since October 2017. Nevertheless, it was not completed by the end of the Moon Jae-in administration, raising recent suspicions of deliberate delay.

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