Ahn Cheol-soo of the centrist People's Party, a runner-up in opinion surveys, said he would first have phone calls with U.S. and Chinese leaders, before announcing a statement to ask the DPRK to stop any provocations.
Hong Joon-pyo of the former ruling Liberty Korea Party and Yoo Seong-min of the minor conservative Righteous Party opened a possibility for the U.S. strike though they emphasized that any military action should be shunned.
The other key issue on security was the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, which Seoul and Washington agreed in July last year to deploy in southeast South Korea.
Two mobile launchers and a part of elements of the THAAD battery were delivered on March 6 to a U.S. military base in South Korea. One battery is composed of six mobile launchers, 48 interceptors, the AN/TPY-2 radar and the fire and control unit.
Sim Sang-jung of the minor progressive Justice Party showed the clearest position in an opposition to the THAAD deployment, saying THAAD is incapable of defending against the DPRK's nuclear-tipped missiles.
THAAD is designed to intercept incoming missiles at an altitude of 40-150 km. Pyongyang has capability to avoid the intercepting range as hundreds of DPRK missiles targeting South Korea flies at an altitude of less than 40 km.
Sim said the so-called "THAAD panacea" insistence on the U.S. missile shield capable of shooting down all DPRK missiles would be of no help to national security, and that any attempt to politicize security issues would be the most dangerous security policy.
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