Seoul-Beijing ties look set for thaw
Foreign affairsOct 30, 2017
With President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping slated for a summit next month, expectations are growing that the neighboring states, at odds for months over a US missile defense system called THAAD, may finally find a way to untangle the knotty conflict. Two governments are working to resolve their diplomatic dispute over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Defense Area anti-missile system on the Korean Peninsula, before the leaders meet, Seoul officials said Sunday. “We ar