Russia–South Korea: Is a “Neighbourly Agreement” Possible?

... game-changer in the region. The Missile Defence Issue The announcement that South Korea had agreed, under pressure from the United Stated, to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the south of the country to counter the “North Korean missile threat” was made in July, when a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Park Geun-hye had already been fixed. Moscow chose not to cancel the meeting on these grounds, especially since it was important for Russia to demonstrate ...