This is probably not much of a surprise to people following this issue:
The militaries of South Korea and the United States are expected to announce a golf course as the new site for an advanced American antimissile system this week, a defense official here said Sunday.
According to the defense ministry official, evaluations for three candidate sites to host the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Seongju County, located in the southeastern part of the nation, “are virtually complete.” The announcement will likely be made before the end of September after the military briefs Seongju residents on its decision. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but the government still faces two problems before the THAAD site can be established. First of all, according to the article Lotte wants $90.6 million to hand over the golf course which will require additional funds from the National Assembly. The second issue they face is that the citizens of Gimcheon plan to launch full scale protests to stop the THAAD deployment.
