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SOUTH KOREA: Catholics against use of nuclear power
South Korean Catholics are opposing both the country’s reliance on nuclear power and the U.S. missile defense system (THAAD), recently established to pressure the North out of future weapon tests.
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Aug 2017A major leader of the anti-nuclear movement, Father Moon Paul Kyu-Hyn, said “getting rid of nuclear power is the only way to survive, to save ourselves, and save the world.”
A missile defense system has caused tensions between the U.S. and China as well as between China and South Korea. The country’s new president, Moon Jae-in, has emphasized his goal to solve the issues in the Korean Peninsula.
“THAAD is a weapon of war. You can’t be for peace if you’re preparing for war,” said Father Moon, an activist who spent three years in jail for illegally crossing over into North Korea in 1989.