SEOUL, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Civic and religious groups in South Korea are moving to oppose the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in their territory as they believe it hurts peace on the Korean Peninsula as well as the region and the world.
Five elder leaders of advocacy and religious groups held a press conference in Seoul Monday to make public their six-day trip to the United States in protest against the ongoing installation of THAAD in southeast South Korea.
They plan to visit Washington, D.C. and New York, holding press conferences with U.S. journalists, meeting with U.S. peace activists and Korean-Americans living there.
During their visits, the elder leaders would explain why they are fighting against the THAAD deployment in South Korea and why the U.S. anti-missile system is not aimed at nuclear threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
"Peace will never be achieved by force of arms. It can be done on mutual trust and dialogue," said Ahn Chungsuk, advisor for the Catholic Priests Association for Justice, a religious group composed of Catholic fathers.
Ahn said the THAAD deployment would damage peace in Northeast Asia and the world while dampening efforts to reconcile with the DPRK, demanding the Korean Peninsula issue be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
Seoul and Washington agreed in July last year to deploy one THAAD battery in the country's southeast region by the end of this year. The installation date was brought forward as an early presidential election here comes closer following former President Park Geun-hye's impeachment and arrest.
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