Despite rebuffs at home and abroad and controversies over expense and efficiency, the U.S. and the Park Geun Hye regime are making desperate efforts to deploy THAAD in south Korea, sparking off concerns at home and abroad, the editorial said, adding:

The deployment of THAAD in south Korea is a demand of the U.S. to defend its mainland and an international burlesque for meeting the interests of the U.S. military and industrial complexes.