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Hyonhee Shin

S.Korea presidential frontrunner seeks to 'reset' China ties with extra THAAD missile system

Kim Sung-han, a professor at Korea University and former Vice Foreign Minister, who leads the foreign policy and security team advising opposition presidential frontrunner Yoon Suk-yeol, attends an interview with Reuters, in Seoul, South Korea, February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Hyonhee Shin

Plans by South Korea's leading opposition presidential candidate to buy an additional THAAD U.S. missile system risks economic retaliation from China, his top foreign policy adviser said, but that would provide a chance to "reset" testy diplomatic ties.

Kim Sung-han, who advises Yoon Suk-yeol on foreign policy, also said North Korea is likely to resume weapons testing, but his team aims to devise a roadmap with significant and swift benefits for Pyongyang if it takes concrete actions to denuclearise.

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