Seoul warned against playing politics with missile system

SEOUL - The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is a Trojan horse in the Republic of Korea as the conservative bloc is seeking to hold a "THAAD" presidential election to help reverse its fall in public support, an expert said on Friday.

"The conservative bloc hopes to hold a THAAD presidential race. The more strongly China responds to THAAD, the more attention people will pay," said Cheong Wook-sik, director of Peace Network.

Cheong recently published the book of Everything about THAAD to make it widely known that Seoul could be the biggest victim of the THAAD deployment on its soil. The author said nothing is better off in terms of THAAD in his country.