What variables have appeared in the "Sade" system entering Korea?

Yonhap News Agency quoted Cheongwadae, the president of the Republic of Korea, as saying today that the decision on the additional deployment of "Sade" system should wait until the environmental impact assessment is completed. The two "Sade" system launch vehicles and radar systems that have been deployed will not be withdrawn because of the implementation of the EIA.

The government led by South Korean President Moon Jae in recently stated that in the upcoming meeting of leaders of the United States and South Korea at the end of the month, when discussing the deployment of "Sade", it will take safeguarding the interests of the US-South Korea alliance as the standard.

South Korea may not be able to complete the deployment of "Sade" within this year

The South Korean Presidential Palace said on the 5th that President Moon Jae in instructed the South Korean Ministry of Defense to conduct an environmental impact assessment on the land used for "Sade", so that "Sade" can gain procedural legitimacy. Due to the complicated and time-consuming large-scale EIA process, and the difficulty in deploying the four launch vehicles suspected of being concealed by the Ministry of National Defense as soon as possible, the analysis believes that the time for the full launch of the "Sade" anti-missile system may be postponed until next year. ?

New EIA may last for one year

It is understood that South Korea's Ministry of National Defense plans to conduct small-scale EIA on the "Sade" land and the Xingzhou Golf Course in Gyeongsangbuk-do, and strive to complete the relevant work in June this year. However, Moon Jae in decided that the small-scale "EIA" did not comply with the law, and made higher requirements for the "Sade" EIA procedure. It is reported that the Ministry of National Defense even considered going back to the original point and conducting a large-scale strategic environmental assessment separately. The large-scale strategic environmental assessment will take more than one year, and the date when the "Sade" anti-missile system is fully put into use can only be postponed.

Cheongwadae: I can't tolerate the Ministry of National Defense's concealment

On the other hand, Cheongwadae said on the 5th that Wei Shenghao, director of the Policy Office of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea, deleted part of the contents of "the storage location of the first batch of six launch vehicles and the second batch of four launch vehicles" when reviewing the report on the entry of "Sade" launch vehicles into South Korea, and the South Korean Presidential Palace decided to prohibit him from intervening in the work related to "Sade" and will further investigate the relevant persons. Yin Yongcan, chief secretary of national communication in Cheongwadae, South Korea, held a press conference on the same day, saying that after the establishment of the new government, the Ministry of National Defense, in the name of reaching a confidentiality agreement with the United States, neither reported the key contents of "Sade" in writing nor orally, and the presidential palace could not tolerate such behavior.

△ On April 27th, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, people held up the slogan "Sade" at a rally.

Moon Jae in: Korean people's doubts should be dispelled.

When Moon Jae in met with Senator Dick Durbin of the Democratic Party of the United States who was visiting Korea on May 31st, he said that people questioned the procedures, democracy and transparency of "Sade" entering Korea, so the government should dispel people's doubts.

In particular, people strongly demand that environmental assessment be done thoroughly. Korean media reported that Durbin agreed that South Korea would implement the EIA, and the US would respect it.