Deploying missile system in ROK will not defuse crisis

In a news conference on Wednesday after her New Year address, Park Geun-hye, president of the Republic of Korea, said her country will review the issue of whether to allow the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-ballistic missile defense system.

After the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test last week, both the ROK and the United States may look at it as an opportunity to push for the controversial deployment of THAAD on the Korean Peninsula.

Seoul and Washington need to remain sober-minded. After all, it will take concerted efforts from all concerned parties to denuclearize the peninsula and maintain its peace and stability.