SEOUL: Installing a controversial US missile defense system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between Beijing's opposition and American insistence, the country's new president has a strategy: delay.
Seoul suspended deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system this week following a furious campaign of economic sanctions and diplomatic protests by Beijing against the US missile shield, dealing a blow to Washington's regional security policy.
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